El Salvador's Year-Long Anti-Gang Crackdown Results in Thousands Locked Up in Mega-Prison

El Salvador's Congress has extended the state of emergency, which suspends some constitutional rights, for another month in the country's year-long fight against gangs. The emergency powers allow arrests without warrants, government access to private communications, and detentions without the right to a lawyer. The crackdown has seen over 65,000 alleged gang members captured, but human rights groups have criticized it for arbitrary arrests, torture, and deaths of prisoners in custody. Despite this, the measure has led to a drop in extortion cases and 215 days without a reported murder.