Bukele said in recent days that if the gangs in El Salvador continued the violence, he would remove the food from the prisons
The president of El Salvador, Nayib Bukele, assured this Tuesday, April 12, that in the 17 days that the State of Exception has been established in that country, 10,094 “terrorists” have been captured, while stressing that the fight against the gangs that plague that Central American nation.
10,094 terrorists arrested in 17 days.
We continue…#GangWar https://t.co/2TCTLqm8UO
– Nayib Bukele (@nayibbukele) April 12, 2022
These actions carried out by the Bukele government are carried out in the context of a State of Exception decree that was approved by the Congress of El Salvador on Sunday March 27 as a measure to combat a wave of gang-related killings.
Days before the approval of this measure, 14 homicides were registered, according to official figures, while the day before the special session of Congress became the most violent date in El Salvador so far in 2022 with 62 homicides in twelve of the fourteen departments of the country, a level of violence that had not been seen in several years. In the entire month of February 2022, 79 homicides were recorded, according to official figures.
Then on April 4. Nayib Bukele warned the members of the gangs that if there was an increase in violence and if they attacked the civilian population, due to the application of the State of Exception in recent days, Food was going to be taken away from the members of those criminal organizations that are in the penitentiary centers.
“I am going to take the opportunity to send a message to the criminals (…) you unleash a crime wave and we take away the food in prisons (…) so you better stay calm and let yourself be arrested,” Bukele said during a graduation event of 205 students from the National Academy of Public Security (ANSP) that was broadcast on social networks.
Also on his social networks, Nayib Bukele accused the US on Monday, April 11, of allegedly supporting the gangs and their civil liberties, after State Department spokesman Ned Price said that Washington supports El Salvador in its fight. to reduce gang formation.
This was answered by Bukele by saying that in effect, they had the support when Donald Trump was president of the United States.
“The US government continues to support El Salvador to reduce the proliferation of gangs.” really?
Yes, we got support from the US government to fight crime, but it was UNDER THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION.
You are only supporting the gangs and their “civil liberties” now. https://t.co/SJK4vEVYcs
– Nayib Bukele (@nayibbukele) April 11, 2022
The Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, had expressed his “concern” on Sunday about the wave of violence caused by the gangs, as well as the reforms promoted by Bukele that “criminalize” the work of the press.
But Bukele responded by saying that he knew a journalist who wants to go to the Guantánamo prison to see if those who are detained there enjoy their civil liberties and due process.
I have a journalist friend, he wants access to Gitmo to exercise his “freedom of the press” rights, and check if the detainees have enjoyed their “civil liberties” and a “due process”.
You have terrorists that threaten you, and we have terrorists that threaten us. https://t.co/P0GZUdfAha
– Nayib Bukele (@nayibbukele) April 10, 2022
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