They were followed by orders from Bukele to place members of gangs, including the notorious MS, in sealed, steel box-like cells and permission to use lethal force against gang members on the streets. Jose Miguel Vivanco, the executive director of Human Rights Watch for the Americas, said El Salvador risked sliding into autocracy without reprobation from global powers. Bukele has previously shrugged off criticism from human rights group and political opponents, saying it his duty to protect Salvadorans, and describing his predecessors as corrupt. He enjoys strong poll ratings in the country of 6. The government posted the photos showing rows and rows of prisoners sitting tightly packed, with their hands behind their backs, as police officers in riot gear looked on. The charter is invoked when countries in the Americas are considered to have veered from the democratic path. Bukele authorized the use of lethal force by police and military against gang members on Sunday, after dozens of people were murdered in the most violent weekend since he took office last year. Authorities attribute the spate the killings of civilians and some gang members to the gangs seeking to show their strength. Some arrests have been made but nobody has been tried.
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Skip to content. The images of hundreds of jailed gang members stripped to their underwear and pressed together in formation published over the weekend on the Twitter account of El Salvadorian President Nayib Bukele's office were widely condemed by human rights groups and stood in contrast to social-distancing measures around the world. They were followed by orders from Bukele to place members of gangs, including the notorious MS, in sealed, steel box-like cells and permission to use lethal force against gang members on the streets.
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