Savior celebrated its second week this Sunday under the state of emergency regime US charges of “criminalizing” and “censoring” the press after more than 9,000 detainees and a penal reform.
Congress of El Salvador, at the request of the president Watch Nayib Bdeclared an exceptional regime that suspended various constitutional rights to citizens, including the defense and non-interference of telecommunications without a court order.
In addition to the exception regime, Congress, on Bukele’s suggestion, harsher sentences for gang members and approved of teens trying to try it as adults.
These measures were taken after a while. The escalation of violence that claimed the lives of more than 80 people at the end of March and it designated the 26th of that month as the bloodiest month in recent Salvadoran history with 62 murders.
Bukele confirmed on Twitter this Sunday that his so-called “war against the gangs” is over. “More than 9000 gang members (arrested) in just 15 days”.
On Saturday, Bukele pointed out that these alleged arrests of alleged gang members could be expected. The “fault” of the 1% of non-gang affiliations.
This post was made after Twitter users reported it. arresting persons not affiliated with gangsincluding cafeteria staff.
In recent days, social organizations and the Office for the Defense of Human Rights (PDDH) have submitted multiple reports. 100 alleged violation complaintsmainly from “arbitrary arrests” by security forces.
US condemns the criminalization of the press
On April 5, Congress passed a penal reform that dictated penalties. 10 to 15 years imprisonment for “any written expression” referring to different terrorist criminal groups or maras or gang units”.
The Salvadoran journalists association and local and international organizations agreed that these amendments were approved without any consultation or discussion. they are a “censor” and a “gag”.
US Secretary of State, Antony Flashesexpressed concern about reform today He also condemned the “criminalization” and “censorship” of journalism in the country.
The US secretary of state assured the changea “criminalizes journalism about certain gang activities” and “leads to attempts to censor the media and block reporting on corruption and other matters of public interest.”
Also, “now more than ever, gang leaders must be extradited so that they may face justice in the United States”, referring to the demands his country made to the State of Salvador.
Blinken shared the following on Twitter: “We condemn the increase in gang violence and murders in El Salvador” and the Government of El Salvador to “defend due process and protect civil liberties, including freedoms of the press, peaceful assembly, and expression.”
President Bukele responded by confronting officials from the Joe Biden government on this social network on other occasions.
“I have a journalist friend who wants to access Guantanamo to exercise his ‘freedom of the press’ rights and check if detainees enjoy their ‘civil liberties’ and a ‘process necessary’”, Bukele published.
“You have terrorists threatening you and “We have terrorists threatening us,” he said.
The gangs, which are considered a legacy of the Salvadoran civil war (1980-1992) and strengthened by the deportation of gang members from the United States, they resisted the security plans implemented in the last four administrations and has produced spikes in violence over the years.