Nearly all of those arrested by Bukele’s government have not been convicted of anything, but instead held in indefinite pretrial detention. Now their only day in court will be mass trials. The State of Exception is not an anti-gang measure, it is an anti-due process measure.
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Mass Trials Put Hundreds in One Dock in El Salvador
Lawyers warn that the mass trials of people imprisoned during President Nayib Bukele’s gang crackdown are marred by vague evidence and restrictions on a proper defense.
