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"El Salvador's Anti-Gang Crackdown: Minors Detained and Tortured"

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Source: The Associated Press
"El Salvador's Anti-Gang Crackdown: Minors Detained and Tortured"
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El Salvador's government has arrested 3,319 minors and sentenced 579 to prison as part of a 2 1/2 year anti-gang crackdown, according to a Human Rights Watch report. The report highlights inhumane conditions, lack of basic necessities, and coerced confessions. Despite accusations of mass human rights abuses, President Nayib Bukele remains popular due to a significant drop in homicide rates.

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  1. El Salvador has arrested 3,319 minors and sentenced almost 600 as part of anti-gang crackdown  The Associated Press
  2. El Salvador Children Tortured, Imprisoned In Gang Crackdown: HRW  Barron's
  3. El Salvador’s Prisons Are Full. Prison Ministries Are Not.  ChristianityToday.com
  4. More than 60 children detained, beaten, tortured in El Salvador, HRW says  Reuters Canada
  5. “Your Child Does Not Exist Here”  Human Rights Watch

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