US Edition500 Prisoners Die in El Salvador Custody During Bukele Anti-Gang Crackdown : The Tico Times | Costa Rica News
A human rights group reports 94% of 500 deaths in custody involved non-gang members, citing medical neglect, violence, and systemic failures during the anti-gang crackdown.
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Over 33,000 people arrested in Bukele’s crackdown were not listed as gang members
The government of Nayib Bukele has renewed its controversial state of emergency 48 times, promising not to stop until the last gang member is captured in El Salvador. However, official data reveals a significant discrepancy: while intelligence reports identified 58,270 gang members and collaborators at large before the state of emergency was implemented, authorities have arrested 91,628 people as of March 25. This means that more than 33,000 of …
Over 91,000 arrests without warrants in the "war" against gangs – Complaints of human rights violations
According to one report, 90% of the victims did not have a gang membership profile, which contradicts the official argument that the arrests are directed only against criminal groups in El Salvador.
The oenegé Human Rights Watch (HRW) called on the government of Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele to end the state of emergency that he has maintained for four years for his anti-gang "war" and that has left some 91,000 detainees.
El Salvador: Bukele's State of Emergency Marks Four Years
Nearly 510 detainees have died in Salvadoran prisons between April 2022 and March 2026. On Friday, the state of emergency in El Salvador, implemented by President Nayib Bukele, marked four years since its approval, amid popular demands and accusations of human rights violations. The Legislative Assembly, dominated by the Nuevas Ideas (NI) party, approved the measure in 2022 after a weekend with more than 80 homicides, the result of the breakdown…
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