Families of the detained see echoes of dictatorial past in El Salvador’s gang crackdown

The arrival of inmates belonging to the MS-13 and 18 gangs to the new prison 'Terrorist Confinement Center' (CECOT), in Tecoluca, 74 km southeast of San Salvador, on March 15, 2023. Photo by Press Secretary Of The Presidency Of El Salvador / Handout/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images

Nayib Bukele’s detention of 65,000 suspected gang members has earned the approval of his supporters, but many relatives of those caught in the dragnet say their loved ones are innocent.

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