Dozens of relatives of prisoners jailed in El Salvador during a state of emergency called on Thursday on the Supreme Court to rule unconstitutional upcoming 'mass trials' of suspected gang members.
An inmate is attended by health personnel, during a tour in the "Terrorism Confinement Center" complex, which according to El Salvador's President, Nayib Bukele, is designed to hold 40,000 inmates, in Tecoluca, El Salvador October 12, 2023. REUTERS/Jose Cabezas
But some critics fear that innocent people captured during a crackdown on El Salvador's gangs - or maras - launched in March last year could be convicted along with guilty gang members. "If a person lived in a community controlled by a gang and that gang committed a crime, he will be blamed for that crime."
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