In response to the various social conflicts that have arisen during the first two weeks of May, the Salvadoran government has resorted to the excessive use of force, undue militarization, the criminalization of protest, and threats to further restrict civic space....
This week, we witnessed the arrests of Alejandro Henríquez, a lawyer and environmental defender from the Foro del Agua (Water Forum), and José Ángel Pérez, a pastor and leader of the El Bosque Cooperative. The arrests occurred in connection with an activity intended...
EL BOSQUE: Friends, we are here. The Military Police and the Police Unit for Maintaining Order have arrived to violate the families of the El Bosque cooperative. We leave evidence that the police of Nayib Bukele represses the people who peacefully demonstrate....
A key figure in the story of alleged embezzlement at the Santa Victoria de R.L. Savings and Credit Cooperative (Cooperativa de Ahorro y Crédito Santa Victoria de R.L, COSAVI) is Carlos Godoy, who was Nayib Bukele’s defense attorney in a case known as the Troll...
No. “The Special Military Security Brigade is responsible for border protection and Military Police duties,” states Article 63 of the Organic Law of the Armed Forces. That provision is there. Still in effect. A few days ago, we saw images of a wall of shields bearing...
We critical observers of Nayib Bukele’s rise to absolute power have always warned that the militarization of public security, the state of exception, and the takeover of the judicial system—supposedly instruments to combat crime—would sooner or later be used...
