Bukele guarantees that the Salvadoran Armed Forces are about to achieve “their greatest victory”

The president removed and re-elected for a second term, Nayib Bukeleassured this Tuesday that the Armed Forces of The Saviorwho performs security tasks in the country, is to “achieve your greatest victory”.

Bukele, who did not give further details or specify, recalled in a message on the social network

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“Our Armed Forces turn 200 years old and are about to achieve their greatest victory…“, he wrote.

According to data from the local press, the Salvadoran Army has more than 24 thousand active elements – the largest number among the countries of Central America– of which at least 20,000 are in security roles alongside law enforcement officers National Police.

The Savior has been implementing since March 2022 an exceptional regime to combat gangs in the so-called “war” which became the main and only security measure for Bukele, for whom Congress approved a six-month license for his political campaign for the February 4 elections, in which he was re-elected for a second consecutive term, although the Constitution prohibit it. .

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Under this regime, authorities report more than 79,200 arrests and humanitarian organizations have received more than 6,000 complaints of human rights violations, mainly due to arbitrary detention and torture, and report around 240 deaths of detainees in state custody.

Human rights organizations such as Amnesty International (AI), warn that gang violence has been replaced by state violence, carried out by the military and police in impoverished communities historically affected by gang actions.

Source: Elcomercio

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