Centroamérica

El Salvador aprueba penar con hasta 15 años de prisión difundir mensajes de pandillas en medios

La reforma penal, aprobada con 63 votos de diputados aliados al gobernante de 84 del Congreso unicameral, llega después de que El Salvador registrase 87 homicidios del 25 al 27 de marzo

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 -

San Salvador. El Congreso de El Salvador aprobó este martes, a petición del presidente Nayib Bukele, una reforma penal para castigar con hasta 15 años de prisión la difusión de mensajes de pandillas en medios de comunicación.

La reforma aplica a quienes “reproduzcan y transmitan mensajes o comunicados originados o presuntamente originados por dichos grupos delincuenciales que pudieran generar zozobra y pánico a la población en general”, señaló el texto, que establece sanciones de 10 a 15 años de prisión.

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