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Amnesty International (AI) Director for the Americas Erica Guevara Rosas warned on Tuesday that “persecution of journalism” in El Salvador following a statement by the director of the
Amnesty International (AI) Director for the Americas Erica Guevara Rosas warned on Tuesday that “persecution of journalism” in El Salvador following a statement by the director of the National Civil Police.
“#ElSalvador: @nayibbukele (Nayib Bukele) continues to persecute independent and critical journalismGuevara wrote about this on Twitter.
He added that “the director of police is declaring a crusade against the journalists who covered La Trugua, gang talks in 2012, probably preparing to hide the current ones”.
Director of the National Civil Police (NCP) Mauricio Arrias Chicas said in an interview with a government channel that political leaders and Journalists can be prosecuted “at any moment” for allegedly committing an “apology for the crime”.
#Savior: @naybbukele continues to pursue independent and critical journalism. The director of police is declaring a crusade against the journalists covering La Trugua, gang talks in 2012, likely preparing to cover up the current ones. https://t.co/q7hnIXUNtl
— Erika Guevara Rosas (@ErikaGuevaraR) June 6, 2023
“Those political leaders who led this (truce), as well as some journalists who were also in it, because, I must say, and they are in the arena, I believe that little by little the Salvadoran people, Salvadoran justice and responsible politicians criminal prosecution, at any time they are going to present them at the judicial levelArriaza said.
He added that “they will have to answer for these actions in which they made many apologies for the crime, provoked in such a way that the aggravating circumstances or circumstances affecting the Salvadoran people directly reach the territory.”
Trules among major gangs, which was supported by the government of former President Mauricio Funes (2009-2014), originally called journalistic investigation Lighthouse, Subsequently, various local and international media outlets supported the pact.
On May 29, a criminal court in El Salvador sentenced former President Funes, who currently resides in Nicaragua, to 14 years in prison for crimes committed under this truce.
Funes, who was tried in absentia after a legal reform to do so, thus becomes second president of the Salvadoran democratic scene to be sentenced to prison.
Between 2012 and 2014 Mara Salvatrucha (MS13), Barrio 18 and other minority gangs supported a truce to reduce the number of murders supported by the government of Funes.
According to the State Department, this truce included benefits for these gangs, such as prison benefits for imprisoned leaders, public investment in communities under their control, and less presence of security forces in areas these structures dominate.
(EFE)
Source: Aristegui Noticias
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