El Salvador’s mass arrest policy may have led to crimes against humanity, study shows
Experts documented murder, torture and disappearances under president Nayib Bukele’s policy targeting gangsThe draconian mass incarceration policy of El Salvador’s president, Nayib Bukele, may have led to crimes against humanity, according to a new study by legal experts.By locking up 1.4% of...
<p>Experts documented murder, torture and disappearances under president Nayib Bukele’s policy targeting gangs</p><p>The draconian mass incarceration policy of El Salvador’s president, Nayib Bukele, may have led to crimes against humanity, according to a new study by legal experts.</p><p>By locking up <a href="https://www.hrw.org/world-report/2026/country-chapters/el-salvador">1.4% of the population</a> without due process, Bukele turned El Salvador from one of Latin America’s most violent countries into one of its least violent – but at the cost of human rights and the rule of law.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/mar/11/el-salvador-mass-incarceration-crimes-against-humanity-study">Continue reading...</a>
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