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The government of the President of The Savior, Nayib Bukele, is determined to show, by any means, that the “exemplary” punishment that gang members who commit acts of violence will receive, in the midst of the state of emergency declared over the weekend. First, Bukele released a video showing half-naked prison gang members being taken out of their cells, while their mattresses were removed. Then, the director of prisons showed how their food has been reduced to a ration of beans with a tortilla.
“In the Security and Maximum Security prisons we limit food, the gang members are going to suffer from the pain that their gangs cause outside. homeboys (gang members). They will learn to respect the life of each person”, tweeted Osiris Luna Meza, Vice Minister of Justice and General Director of Penal Centers, in a message in which he ravished Bukele.
The tweet is accompanied by photos where you can see a plate with only a portion of beans and two tortillasand others where you see a prisoner, bare-chested, devouring the scant food.
“Not a single step back in the war against the gangs”, Luna Meza insisted.
President @nayibbukele In the Security and Maximum Security prisons we limit food, the gang members are going to suffer from the pain that their “homeboys” cause outside.
They will learn to respect the life of each person.
NOT A SINGLE step back #GangWar pic.twitter.com/NPRKJusE2o
– Osiris Luna Meza (@OsirisLunaMeza) March 31, 2022
“A bread with beans in the morning and a tortilla with beans in the afternoon, nothing more”, he tweeted later.
President @nayibbukele In the Security and Maximum Security prisons we limit food, the gang members are going to suffer from the pain that their “homeboys” cause outside.
They will learn to respect the life of each person.
NOT A SINGLE step back #GangWar pic.twitter.com/NPRKJusE2o
– Osiris Luna Meza (@OsirisLunaMeza) March 31, 2022
For their part, the Penal Centers (@PenalesSV) tweeted that “we proceeded to limit their food [a los detenidos] and we have verified that the one ingested by gang members is of lower quality, as ordered by the president.”
In another tweet, they noted that “All newly captured gang members entering the prisons will also receive limited food and will not even have mats to sleep on.. The state is respected”.
This is what criminals deserve.
We proceeded to limit their food and have verified that the food eaten by gang members is of lower quality, as ordered by the President. @nayibbukele#GangWar pic.twitter.com/nNbzxXZKKZ
– PenaltiesSV (@PenalesSV) March 31, 2022
Bukele also released a video where a detainee complains about the reduction in food and that they They removed mats, toothbrushes and toothpaste, toilet paper, among others.
“This well-known gang member complains that they no longer give him chicken at lunch and that now they only give him beans with a tortilla.. It is unfair that Salvadorans buy beans to eat and that their murderers buy chicken from those taxes.”
This well-known gang member complains that they no longer give him chicken for lunch and that now they only give him beans with a tortilla.
It is unfair that Salvadorans buy beans to eat and that their murderers buy chicken from those taxes.#GangWar pic.twitter.com/1n4tmzxJqk
– Nayib Bukele (@nayibbukele) March 31, 2022
The 28th of March, Bukele warned the gangs he accuses of the wave of homicides in the country: “Stop killing or they will pay too.”
This same Wednesday, Congress approved some reforms to the Penal Code so that being part of a gang constitutes a crime.
As approved, which requires the endorsement of the president, the maras, gangs or any organization formed for the purpose of committing crimes will be considered criminally illicit and their members could be punished with a sentence of 20 to 40 years in prison. Leaders could have a penalty of 40 to 45 years in prison.
The latest homicide figures in The Savior They indicate a stabilization of the crisis that the country suffered last weekend, with more than 80 murders.
Bukele reported on Twitter that in four days of the emergency regime they have been captured 2 thousand 163 gang members. “None will go free.”
With AP information
Source: Elcomercio
