El Salvador abrirá el 2026 bajo régimen de excepción, rumbo a cuarto año de vigencia
El Salvador iniciará el 2026 bajo un régimen de excepción, tras la aprobación en el Congreso de una nueva prórroga impulsada por el partido oficialista, una medida vigente desde 2022 que ha marcado la estrategia de seguridad del Gobierno de Nayib Bukele y que sigue generando fuertes cuestionamientos por violaciones a derechos humanos
TL;DR
- El Salvador's state of exception, implemented in March 2022, has been extended through January 2026.
- The extension was approved by the ruling party Nuevas Ideas and its allies in Congress with 57 out of 60 votes.
- The government states the measure has resulted in over 90,600 arrests linked to criminal structures and claims "1,090 days without homicides."
- Human rights organizations have documented over 6,400 complaints of human rights violations, including arbitrary detentions and torture, and reported at least 470 deaths of detainees under state custody.
- The state of exception was initially enacted following a weekend of over eighty murders in March 2022, which journalistic investigations suggest stemmed from a broken pact between the government and criminal gangs.
- This security strategy has been the government's primary approach against gangs and has contributed to President Nayib Bukele's high approval ratings and re-election.