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The authorities of El Salvador exceeded 26,200 arrests of alleged gang members under the exceptional regime approved by Congress at the end of March, according to what the National Civil Police (PNC) confirmed this Sunday (05/08/2022).
“With the 501 terrorists (gang members) captured on Saturday, May 7, we have exceeded 26,000 arrests since the war against gangs began,” the institution published on its social networks. With the arrests on Saturday, according to the PNC, the total figure reached 26,291, while the security body has indicated that the arrests continued during the weekend.
With the 501 terrorists captured on Saturday, May 7, we have surpassed 26,000 arrests since the start of the #GangWar.
The total of captures is 26,291.
We’re not going back. pic.twitter.com/faHA3HVOyz
– PNC El Salvador (@PNCSV) May 8, 2022
The Security Minister, Gustavo Villatoro, reported in Twitter on the arrest of Boris Cienfuegos, alleged gang member of the Mara Salvatrucha (MS13) and “international drug trafficker”.
We captured Boris Dustin Cienfuegos, alias Lonely, an MS13 gang member and international drug trafficker.
This terrorist was one of the most wanted in the west of the country, his arrest was in a luxurious house in the Residencial Escalón Sur de Santa Ana. pic.twitter.com/YH9chbEoTM
– Gustavo Villatoro 🇸🇻 (@Vi11atoro) May 8, 2022
“Cienfuegos had control of the drug, vehicles and properties of the click (cell) Hollywood Locos SalvatruchosHe was also in charge of drug contacts and deals, so he constantly traveled to the United States,” Villatoro assured.
The Government of Nayib Bukele requested the emergency regime from Congress after an escalation of murders that claimed the lives of 87 people. The Legislative body, with a pro-government majority, gave the go-ahead and at the end of April approved a 30-day extension of the suspension of constitutional guarantees.
These special powers given to the Executive of Bukele suspend the rights to organization, assembly, inviolability of correspondence and telecommunications, defense and extend administrative detention up to a maximum of 15 days.
In this framework, five humanitarian organizations have received at least 338 complaints of human rights violations during the first month under the emergency regime. The organizations indicated the previous week in a press release that “these are mostly cases of arbitrary detentions by the National Civil Police.”
#Release | Social organizations received a total of 338 complaints of human rights violations in the first month of implementation of the emergency regime throughout the national territory. 🧐🧵👇 pic.twitter.com/qPsnOyKly7
– Cristosal (@Cristosal) May 4, 2022
loves (efe, newspaper El Salvador)
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