El Salvador’s arrest of an anticorruption lawyer and two members from an agricultural cooperative last month are the latest examples of how special powers given to President Nayib Bukele to battle the country’s gangs are being applied to a host of unrelated alleged crimes.
A lawyer’s prolonged detention shows how El Salvador’s gang emergency extends to common crimes
El Salvador’s arrest of an anticorruption lawyer and two members from an agricultural cooperative last month are the latest examples of how special powers given to President Nayib Bukele to battle the country’s gangs are being applied to a host of unrelated alleged crimes.