El Salvador holds gang members' trial

Around 490 alleged members of the powerful Central American gang Mara Salvatrucha (MS-13), including several alleged leaders, went on trial collectively in El Salvador Monday, accused of thousands of murders. The Attorney General's office and courts announced the start of the trial, part of iron-fisted President Nayib Bukele's anti-gang crackdown. El Salvador is conducting mass trials of thousands of suspected gang members, many of which have spent years in prison without charge or visiting righ

By The Korea Herald