Jose Miguel Vivanco, the executive director of Human Rights Watch for the Americas, said El Salvador risked sliding into autocracy without reprobation from global powers. "We have the duty to make sure that El Salvador does not become another dictatorship," Vivanco told Reuters. Some 12,862 gang members are incarcerated in El Salvador, according to prison authorities. Vivanco said Human Rights Watch had already called on the Organisation of American States to consider invoking the Inter-American Democratic Charter in El Salvador. Authorities attribute the spate the killings of civilians and some gang members to the gangs seeking to show their strength.

Source: bd News24 April 28, 2020 04:41 UTC