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El Salvador extends pretrial detention for 80,000 gang suspects 2 more years

SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) — El Salvador’s Congress voted Friday to give government prosecutors two more years to hold the more than 80,000 people swept up under the state of emergency while they investigate alleged ties to the country’s gangs.

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El Salvador extends pretrial detention for 80,000 gang suspects 2 more years

FILE - El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele gives a press conference in San Salvador, El Salvador, Jan. 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Salvador Melendez, File)


SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) — El Salvador’s Congress voted Friday to give government prosecutors two more years to hold the more than 80,000 people swept up under the state of emergency while they investigate alleged ties to the country’s gangs.

The Congress, controlled by President New Ideas party and its allies, voted 57 to 3 in favor of extending the period of pretrial incarceration.

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