El Salvador approves state of emergency after gangs blamed for 62 homicides

The law restricts free assembly and allows arrests without a warrant.

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AFP

By AFP

Published: Sun 27 Mar 2022, 2:17 PM

El Salvadoran lawmakers Sunday approved a state of emergency, the president of the country’s Legislative Assembly said, after top gang leaders were arrested over a wave of bloodshed that has left dozens dead in just two days.

The decree, approved by a large majority of lawmakers, “declares an emergency regime throughout the national territory derived from serious disturbances to public order by criminal groups.”

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The law restricts free assembly, the inviolability of correspondence and communications and allows arrests without a warrant.

AFP

Published: Sun 27 Mar 2022, 2:17 PM

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