San Salvador, El Salvador – The Attorney General’s Office of El Salvador has taken a significant step within the struggle in opposition to gang violence within the nation. They have offered requests to totally different courts to criminally prosecute a complete of 1,202 alleged gang members belonging to Mara Salvatrucha (MS-13) teams.
According to a consultant of the Prosecutor’s Office, these people are accused of crimes akin to illicit teams, unlawful possession and trafficking of firearms, in addition to possession of medicine for trafficking functions. The Prosecutor’s Office is searching for to prosecute these people who’ve been working in varied places throughout the nation.
In addition to the 1,202 alleged gang members, one other group of 158 defendants may also be prosecuted within the paracentral space of the nation, significantly within the municipality of Ilobasco. Furthermore, in San Salvador, the Prosecutor’s Office is trying to prosecute a further 383 defendants who’ve been committing crimes within the capital.
It stays unclear whether or not these alleged members of MS-13 have been detained below the emergency regime that was carried out by President Nayib Bukele in March 2022 to fight gang violence. This regime was put into place following a wave of violence that resulted within the deaths of over 80 folks resulting from conflicts between the federal government and felony gangs.
The emergency regime, together with penal reforms authorized by the Legislative Assembly, permits for large felony proceedings to be carried out with out the necessity to individualize the obligations of the accused. Since the implementation of the regime, authorities have reported over 79,900 arrests. However, there have additionally been studies of human rights violations, with over 6,000 complaints obtained by humanitarian organizations, together with allegations of arbitrary detentions and torture, in addition to at the very least 240 deaths of detainees in state custody.
The efforts to prosecute alleged gang members and cut back gang-related violence in El Salvador proceed, as authorities work to deliver these accountable to justice and make sure the security and safety of the nation’s residents.