El Salvador Tries 486 Alleged MS-13 Leaders for 47,000 Crimes

Government-critical narrative

Mass trials of up to 900 people gut the right to a fair defense and flip the presumption of innocence on its head. Reforms allowing one person's confession to implicate others are especially dangerous given documented torture under El Salvador's state of emergency. Detaining nearly 2% of an entire population without adequate due process isn't a security policy — it's a blueprint for institutionalized repression.