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Salvadoran families demand fair trials, mourn prison dead on Day of the Dead
Relatives and activists honored inmates who died in custody and called for fair trials for the more than 90,000 people detained under the state of exception.
- On Saturday, relatives gathered at the San Salvador metropolitan cathedral to leave offerings and demand justice for inmates who died while detained under El Salvador's state of exception.
- President Nayib Bukele imposed the state of exception four years ago, allowing security forces to detain more than 90,000 people; Cristosal has documented 454 deaths in Salvadoran prisons since.
- Many families have had no contact with detained relatives since arrest; Natalia Funes, a farmer from Puerto Triunfo in Usulutan, attended seeking answers about her son, Oscar Orlando Rodriguez.
- Protesters used the Day to honor those who died behind bars, with Liliana Urias, spokeswoman for the Mothers for Freedom movement, stating, "We are here in memory of all the innocent people who have died under the state of exception."
- Many relatives fear their loved ones will become an unwanted addition to the death toll, with Funes saying, "I am a distraught mother, a mother who has never seen my son.
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Salvadoran families demand fair trials, mourn prison dead on Day of the Dead
Relatives of people detained under El Salvador's controversial state of exception gathered at the San Salvador metropolitan cathedral on Saturday to leave offerings for inmates who have died behind bars, demanding justice.
·London, United Kingdom
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