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Human Rights Watch condemned Salvador police tweets amid crackdown on gang violence
by Ceren Sagir
HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH condemned social media posts of Salvadorean police which show gang suspects being arrested, calling the government’s strategy “first arrest, then tweet, investigate later.”
El Salvador Defence Minister Rene Merino praised the extension by congress of emergency measures following the arrest of more than 17,000 suspected gang members in a month.
He said that the measures are having a positive effect in the battle against gang violence.
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