Bukele's request is met: El Salvador approves law that sends minors to adult prisons

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Marvin Recinos/Agence France-Presse Getty Images The Congress of El Salvador passed a new law that will allow minors convicted of crimes related to organized crime to be excluded in adult prisons, although in separate wards. The measure applies to children and adolescents prosecuted for murder, kidnapping and arms trafficking, and is part of the security strategy of President Nayib Bukele, who since 2022 has maintained a state of emergency to co…

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San Salvador. United Nations agencies widely criticized yesterday, 13 February, a legal reform in El Salvador that allows the sending to adult prisons of minors linked to gangs, and warned that it violates international conventions on the rights of children. The Salvadoran Congress, controlled by deputies related to President Nayib Bukele, amended on Wednesday the Juvenile Criminal Law and found that minors arrested and convicted for links with …

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The Congress of El Salvador passed a new law that allows minors convicted of crimes related to organized crime to be held in adult prisons, although in separate wards. Convicted minors will share prison with adults The measure applies to children and adolescents prosecuted for crimes such as: Homicide Abduction Trafficking in arms This reform is part of the security strategy of President Nayib Bukele who, since 2022, has implemented a state of e…

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United Nations agencies on Thursday criticized a reform in El Salvador that would see minors belonging to gangs sent to adult prisons, saying it violates international treaties on children's rights. Salvador's Congress, where President Nayib Bukele's party has an absolute majority, amended provisions of the criminal law concerning minors on Wednesday to allow them to be imprisoned in adult prisons when convicted of cases related to organized cri…

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Updated 20:15 El Salvador, AFP United Nations agencies widely criticized on Thursday, February 13, 2025, a legal reform in El Salvador that allows sending to adult prisons minors linked to gangs, and alerted that it transgresses agreements... El Salvador's entry will send minors to adult prisons, UN critical measure was first published in Teleamazonas.

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The Congress of El Salvador passed a law that allows minors linked to gangs to be sent to adult prisons, where they will be separated in wards until they reach the age of 18.