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El Salvador holds mass trial of nearly 500 alleged gang members
Prosecutors say the defendants face 47,000 alleged crimes, including 29,000 homicides, as judges hear the case by video from prison.
- On Monday, El Salvador began a collective trial for around 490 alleged Mara Salvatrucha members, including several leaders, accused of thousands of murders as part of President Nayib Bukele's anti-gang crackdown.
- Originally born on the streets of Los Angeles, MS-13 and rival Barrio 18 terrorized El Salvador's population for more than three decades, prompting Bukele to declare a "war" on gangs he claimed controlled 80 percent of Salvadoran territory.
- The Attorney General's office charged 486 members with 47,000 crimes committed between 2012 and 2022, alleging the group sought to "establish a parallel state" and disturbed "the peace of the Salvadoran population and the security of the state."
- State prosecutors said they have "ample evidence to request the maximum sentences" during proceedings that use anonymous judges and video-links from prison, a process York-based Human Rights Watch and NGO Cristosal have criticized for lack of due process.
- President Bukele's campaign transformed El Salvador from one of Latin America's most dangerous countries to one of its safest, though rights groups have denounced gross human rights abuses including reports of torture and more than 500 deaths in prison.
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El Salvador holds mass trial of nearly 500 alleged gang members
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 on Monday, accused of thousands of murders.
The Prosecutor's Office maintains that the defendants led a criminal structure responsible for thousands of crimes for a decade, including homicides, extortions and acts of rebellion. EL SALVADOR.- A total of 486 leaders of the criminal structure MS-13 face an open hearing this day, in which they are prosecuted for their alleged involvement in more than 47,000 crimes committed between 2012 and 2022 at the national level, the Attorney General's O…
The justice system in El Salvador began the trial of some 490 alleged members of the Mara Salvatrucha (MS-13) gang on Monday, including its co-founders and leaders, the attorney general's office and the court's public relations office announced. Mass trials are multiplying in El Salvador, a country where some 91,000 suspects have been detained under a state of emergency imposed four years ago by President Nayib Bukele as part of his "war" agains…
Inmates following a virtual trial from the CECOT prison in El Salvador (Symbolic image) (Photo by MARVIN RECINOS/AFP via Getty Images) Getty Images El Salvador opened an unprecedented trial on Monday against nearly 500 alleged members of the Mara Salvatrucha (MS-13) gang. For the first time, the Salvadoran justice system is collectively prosecuting the top leadership of this criminal organization, including its founders and area leaders. This he…
The Sixth Court against the Organized Crime of San Salvador would begin in mid or late April, the single hearing opened to 492 leaders of the Mara Salvatrucha for a series of crimes attributed to them by the Attorney General’s Office. Virtually they will face the trial from different penal centers where they are [...] The post This month 492 leaders of the Mara Salvatrucha appeared first on Diario Digital Cronio de El Salvador would be prosecute…
A group of more than 400 alleged gang leaders Mara Salvatrucha (MS13) face, "for the first time," a criminal trial under the single macro-audience model opened for "47.000 crimes" committed between 2012 and 2022, according to the Attorney General's Office (FGR) Monday. The entry More than 400 gang leaders of the MS13 are tried in macro-audience in El Salvador was first published in Digital Process.
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