Bukele says that margin of “error” in arrests in El Salvador can be 1%

the president of The SaviorNayib Bukele, said this Saturday that it can be “expect” that in the more than 8,500 arrests of alleged gang members under the exceptional regime that the country is experiencing there is a “error” of the 1% of people without gang ties.

“Of the more than 8,500 arrests (made until yesterday), we can expect that there is also a 1% error, that is, approximately 85 people. But the other 99% (+8,400) will remain in prison. And that without counting all those that we continue capturing”, published the president on the social network Twitter.

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The Savior is under an exceptional regime after a wave of assassinations at the end of March and, in addition to this extraordinary measure, Congress approved, at the proposal of the president Nayib Bukeletougher sentences for gang members and endorsed judging adolescents as adults.

The president added today that “It is important to emphasize that the percentage of errors in captures has always been much greater than 1%” in the country.

These statements came after Twitter users denounced the arrests of people with no connection to the gangs, including cafeteria workers.

The company said on its social networks in a statement that the arrest was “without any justification” and, according to local media publications, which have also spread other complaints, the young people have already been released.

different courts of The Savior They ordered that 162 alleged gang members detained under the emergency regime remain in prison while they face criminal proceedings, according to the attorney general, Rodolfo Delgado, on Saturday.

“We have the resolutions of the first initial hearings, against terrorists captured within the exceptional regime. Of 163 defendants, 162 will remain in prison and 1 will be released, at our request”posted on Delgado on Twitter.

He added that this last case “The investigations showed that he is not a gang member.”

The president of El Salvador, Nayib Bukele. (PRESS OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENCY OF EL SALVADOR / AFP /)

These arrests are part of the more than 8,500 arrests reported by the authorities after an escalation of violence that at the end of last month claimed the lives of more than 80 people and made March 26 the bloodiest day in the recent history of The Saviorwith 62 murders.

In recent days, social organizations and the Human Rights Ombudsman’s Office have reported more than 100 complaints of alleged violations, mainly of “arbitrary arrests” by the security forces.

The gangs, a phenomenon considered to be a legacy of the Salvadoran civil war (1980-1992) and which was strengthened by the deportation of gang members from the United States, have resisted the security plans implemented in the last four administrations and generated spikes in violence through through the years.

Source: Elcomercio