El Salvador Holds Mass Trial for Hundreds of MS-13 Gang Members
El Salvador has commenced a mass trial for hundreds of alleged MS-13 gang members, held in the country's mega-prison. This large-scale legal proceeding is a significant part of President Bukele's ongoing crackdown on gang violence.
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Shackled and shaved: El Salvador holds mass trial for hundreds of gang members
Hundreds of alleged Mara Salvatrucha gang members sat chained, shaved and mute as they were accused of murder and torture during a mass trial at El Salvador’s notorious CECOT jail on Thursday. Seated in neat columns of plastic chairs in the prison’s main hall, some 220 defendants were accused of collectively carrying out more than 29,000 murders. “We burned her genitals and buttocks” one witness said over the loudspeaker, testifying in a mass trial El Salvador’s president has compared to thos...
By Agence France-Presse
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El Salvador has launched a mass trial of 486 alleged MS-13 members accused by prosecutors of thousands of murders and other crimes, as President Nayib Bukele continues his sweeping crackdown under a state of emergency that has sharply reduced crime, though human rights groups warn the measures—introduced in 2022—have led to serious abuses, including violations of due process, reports of torture, and more than 500 deaths in prison, as reported by Caroline Baum.
By FRANCE24
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