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El Salvador’s biggest gang trial yet wrapped up this week, targeting nearly 500 MS-13 members under a state of emergency that’s fueled mass arrests and sparked global human rights alarms. Prosecutors demanded maximum sentences for murder, extortion, and trafficking, backed by damning recorded calls. Defendants appeared virtually from CECOT, a high-security prison with near-total isolation. The trial reflects a 2023 legal shift allowing gang-affiliated suspects to be grouped — a move that’s led to over 92,000 arrests, though thousands have since been cleared. Rights groups report widespread abuse and deaths in custody, but President Bukele’s iron-fisted approach remains wildly popular with a public weary of violence — especially after last year’s similar mass trial against Barrio 18.

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