Obviously, it is total. A second question, linked to the first, is whether the use of brutal, relentless, and inhumane force is the only way to achieve it. Again, the obvious answer is yes. The self-evidence of these responses hinges on one’s conception of...
The Attorney General’s Office of El Salvador announced on Monday the capture of former Legislative Assembly President and former San Salvador Mayor Norman Quijano, who was convicted in absentia for negotiating with gangs over the results of the 2014 presidential...
You are part of a sad irony, one that proves typical for the state of affairs in our country. The truth no longer matters—only the official narrative, repeated thousands of times. You are now Nayib Bukele’s trophy, imprisoned for a crime you never committed, but...
María J. Vides The march is about to begin when I encounter Carmen again, one of the mothers from the Movement of Victims of the State of Exception (Movir). She does not recognize me. I remind her that we met a year ago outside La Esperanza prison, known as Mariona,...
Ruth Eleonora López—a prominent Salvadoran attorney, activist, and human rights defender internationally recognized for her anti-corruption work and criticism of the Nayib Bukele administration—marked her 250th day in detention last Thursday, January 22. Former head...
The Salvadoran justice system, under the control of President Nayib Bukele, has launched a series of mass trials against more than 80,000 people detained since the implementation of the state of exception in March 2022. This Friday, a San Salvador court initiated the...
