Nearly 500 alleged MS-13 members, including several alleged leaders, are on trial collectively in El Salvador, accused of thousands of murders.
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.
Hundreds of alleged members of the Mara Salvatrucha (MS-A3) gang were tried at an El Salvador prison on Thursday, accused of collectively carrying out more than 29,000 murders. Mass trials are a ...
The attorney-general says 486 suspected MS-13 members have faced trial for 47,000 crimes committed between 2012 and 2022.
Human rights groups have warned that the collective prosecutions violate due process and block defendants from accessing legal counsel ...
The joint trial is the latest in a practice that has been criticized by human rights groups as an infringement of the rights of the accused to defend themselves.
El Salvador Launches Mass Trial of 486 MS-13 Leaders Accused of 47,000 Crimes ...
El Salvador launched in late April the largest trial in the country's history against 486 alleged leaders of the Mara ...
Human rights groups have criticised the mass trials, warning that innocent people would inevitably be caught up in the process.