THIS IS MY FIRST TIME HEARING ABOUT THIS ????? Time for a thread (summary: president wanted to stop gang violence by cruelly punishing them, but his method was destined to spark a covid pandemic. All articles are from a few months ago so idk if the prediction came true) https://twitter.com/ajplus/status/1254767431693684740

77 ppl were killed in 4 days so the president decided on HARSH punishment, article says "“President Bukele’s get-tough-on-crime discourse to address 77 killings in 4 days is, ironically, putting more lives at risk of a potential contagion – inside and outside detention centers.”

"Authorities then carried out an “absolute lockdown” on gang members, locking them inside a cell for 24 hours, and “solitary confinement” for gang leaders for an undefined time."

"The Deputy Justice Minister and prisons director, Osiris Luna, later said that “not even a single ray of sunlight will enter any of these cells.”"

These quotes are from https://www.hrw.org/news/2020/04/29/el-salvador-inhumane-prison-lockdown-treatment

Here's another article https://theconversation.com/amp/mass-arrests-and-overcrowded-prisons-in-el-salvador-spark-fear-of-coronavirus-crisis-137673

I cant find any updates ?????? All the articles are from march and april

Ok well since I cant find any more info idk how to help rn :( but i hope people start to talk about it more. Sorry this thread was a mess