El Salvador Launches Mass Trial of 486 MS-13 Leaders Accused of 47,000 Crimes ...

Hundreds of MS-13 gang members accused of homicides, drug and arms trafficking, and disappearances are the subject of a mass trial in El Salvador.

A mass trial of 486 suspected MS-13 gang members has begun in El Salvador, the country's attorney general's office has said. The group are collectively accused of committing more than 47,000 crimes - ...

Human rights defenders criticize the process, calling it a judicial ‘shortcut’ that seeks convictions instead of establishing ...

Prosecutors have charged the defendants with over 47,000 crimes committed between 2012 and 2022, including murder, extortion, ...

With nearly 500 alleged gang members on “collective” trial in front of unknown judges, human rights organisations are criticising the fairness of proceedings ...

A fingerprint scan identified 30-year-old Jonathon Josue Ayala Melendez, who is wanted for kidnapping, drug trafficking, homicide and attempted homicide charges in El Salvador, according to the FBI. A ...

SAN SALVADOR (Reuters) - El Salvador's police force vowed on Wednesday that it would do more to fight organised crime in the violent Central American country, which tens of thousands have fled, amid ...

A Salvadoran court on Tuesday began a collective trial of 486 alleged gang members, one of the biggest mass trials under President Nayib Bukele’s crackdown on gang violence through controversial ...

The attorney-general says 486 suspected MS-13 members have faced trial for 47,000 crimes committed between 2012 and 2022.