Centroamérica

Bukele prorroga por 30 días régimen de excepción para ‘frenar pandillas’

El primer mes de régimen de excepción, que vence el lunes, ha permitido a las autoridades detener sin orden judicial a 16.000 a pandilleros.

Handout picture released by the press secretary of the Salvadorean Presidency on March 28, 2022 showing members of the Mara Salvatrucha and Barrio 18 gangs under custody during the weekend at the prison in Ciudad Barrios, El Salvador, after the rise in homicide figures that occurred over the past weekend. - El Salvador's President Nayib Bukele issued an ultimatum on March 28, 2022, to gangs considered responsible for dozens of homicides in the ast three days, threatening to increase punishments on their more than 16,000 imprisoned members. The Central American nation declared a state of emergency on Sunday as it endures a fresh wave of gang violence, with police reporting 87 dead since Friday. (Photo by EL SALVADOR'S PRESIDENCY PRESS OFFICE / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO / SALVADOREAN PRESIDENCY" - NO MARKETING - NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS
Handout picture released by the press secretary of the Salvadorean Presidency on March 28, 2022 showing members of the Mara Salvatrucha and Barrio 18 gangs under custody during the weekend at the prison in Ciudad Barrios, El Salvador, after the rise in homicide figures that occurred over the past weekend. - El Salvador's President Nayib Bukele issued an ultimatum on March 28, 2022, to gangs considered responsible for dozens of homicides in the ast three days, threatening to increase punishments on their more than 16,000 imprisoned members. The Central American nation declared a state of emergency on Sunday as it endures a fresh wave of gang violence, with police reporting 87 dead since Friday. (Photo by EL SALVADOR'S PRESIDENCY PRESS OFFICE / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO / SALVADOREAN PRESIDENCY" - NO MARKETING - NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS -
La prórroga al régimen de excepción empezará este martes, luego de que Nayib Bukele firme el decreto que pone en marcha la ley aprobada este domingo. Foto: AFP. (-/AFP)

La Asamblea Legislativa de El Salvador prorrogó, a petición del presidente, Nayib Bukele, el régimen de excepción decretado el 27 de marzo para contener la violencia homicida de las pandillas. La prórroga se dará por 30 días más, según lo decidieron los congresistas este domingo.

"Con 67 votos a favor queda aprobada la prolongación del decreto legislativo 333 que contiene régimen de excepción", declaró el presidente del parlamento, Ernesto Castro.

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