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427 Inmates Have Died in Custody Under El Salvador’s State of Emergency - teleSUR English

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‘These were people awaiting trial who had not been convicted,’ said Socorro Juridico Humanitario. On Monday, the nongovernmental organization Humanitarian Legal Aid (Socorro Juridico Humanitario, or SJH) denounced that 427 inmates have died while in the custody of Salvadoran authorities. RELATED: 252 Heartbreaking Cases: Venezuela Migrants Held in El Salvador Spark Global Outcry This figure corresponds to the number of inmate deaths since the “S…

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The number of people killed in custody by the security authorities of El Salvador, detained in the context of an emergency regime in force since March 2022 to combat gangs, is 427, according to the non-governmental organization Humanitarian Legal Relief (SJH).

July 15, 2025.-The non-governmental organization Humanitarian Legal Relief (SJH) reported that the number of people killed in prisons in El Salvador in the custody of State security agents during the emergency regime, in force since March 2022, increased to 427. The NGO, which...

The number of detainees killed in El Salvador during the state of emergency rises to 427 The alarming increase in deaths of prisoners in El Salvador's prisons, which has reached the figure of 427, occurs in a context of a state of emergency that has facilitated mass arrests, focusing mainly on alleged gang members. [...] El Salvador Entry The NGO Humanitarian Legal Relief confirmed 427 detainees killed during the state of emergency appears firs…

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The number of people killed in the custody of the security authorities of El Salvador, detained in the context of an emergency regime in force since March 2022 to combat gangs, amounts to 427, according to the non-governmental organization Humanitarian Legal Relief (SJH). “We regret to report that the number of deaths in penal centres rises to 427”, published in X the NGO -which provides legal support to relatives of detainees - and noted that, …

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Proceso Digital broke the news in on Monday, July 14, 2025.
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