About 500 gang members in El Salvador are indicted at once, criticized for heavy-handed methods. The defendants are facing charges including aggravated murder, kidnapping, and collecting protection money.
In El Salvador, public order has been dramatically restored due to President Bukele's thorough crackdown on gangs. But heavy- handed methods such as restricting some of the rights guaranteed by the constitution and allowing detention without an arrest warrant violate human rights, say human rights groups and the international community.. On the 8th, El Salvador's attorney general announced on his old Twitter account, ''492 gang leaders have been indicted for over 37,000 crimes committed between 2012 and 2022.''