San Salvador.- President Nayib Bukele’s security cabinet today requested the El Salvador Legislative Assembly to extend the emergency regime for the twelfth time to combat gangs.
This was reported by the Presidential House as it invited the media to attend Parliament at noon to publicize the government’s actions aimed at bringing an end to gang activity.
The measure has been in effect since March 27, 2021, when the country recorded a weekend with a tally of about 87 deaths from gang violence.
From that date to now, the country has reduced the homicide rate to less than two per 100,000 people to become one of the safest in America, according to official propaganda.
Just 12 days after the end of a year with the current emergency regime, the Ministry of Security announced via the Twitter platform that it would submit a new application for an extension to Parliament.
According to the latest report by Minister of Justice and Public Security Gustavo Villatoro, the measure, which covers the Territorial Control Plan, has already arrested more than 65,000 gang members, for which vital logistics and money, estimated at 1 over 7 million, have been taken Dollar.
Nearly 12 months after its passage, the ordinance allows for the extension of a person’s detention term, the wiretapping of telecommunications without a court order, and the suspension of certain rights of defense, actions considered to violate the Constitution and human rights.
The target of most of those arrested will be the high-security prison built in Tecoluca, San Vicente, with a capacity of about 40,000 inmates, although estimates by international organizations suggest that this amount violates international regulations on the minimum space a prison must have. Prisoner.
The British newspaper Financial Times pointed out that they will only have 60 square centimeters to live here, less than the space needed for humanitarian detention. (pl)