Rule of law opening in El Salvador
El Salvador's human rights , David Morales, reported that "there is serious evidence that government agents acted outside the law" at Finca San Blas in La Libertad and in cantón Pajales in Panchimalco last year. Extrajudicial executions and excessive use of force were used by security forces. Morales recommended that the government conduct investigations into both killings in order to establish the truth about what happened last March and August.
On Monday, authorities arrested seventeen people on corruption related charges, including the mayors of Monte San Juan, Cuscatlán and El Congo, Santa Ana. The investigations involve unscrupulous municipal contracts.
We'll just consider yesterday a good day in El Salvador. After reporting by El Faro and La Prensa Grafica, Morales carried out his own investigation. The evidence appears to substantiate the reporters' claims and now it will be up to the authorities to carry out a series investigation. Outside of the initial killings (!), the process is working the way it is supposed to (unless one expected the security forces themselves to investigate following the initial reports).
With regards to corruption, investigations seem to have picked up following the appointment of a new attorney general and pressure from Salvadorans and the international community. I still think that a CICIES would be helpful, but at worst, the threat of a CICIES seems to have lit a fire under authorities in El Salvador.
On Monday, authorities arrested seventeen people on corruption related charges, including the mayors of Monte San Juan, Cuscatlán and El Congo, Santa Ana. The investigations involve unscrupulous municipal contracts.
We'll just consider yesterday a good day in El Salvador. After reporting by El Faro and La Prensa Grafica, Morales carried out his own investigation. The evidence appears to substantiate the reporters' claims and now it will be up to the authorities to carry out a series investigation. Outside of the initial killings (!), the process is working the way it is supposed to (unless one expected the security forces themselves to investigate following the initial reports).
With regards to corruption, investigations seem to have picked up following the appointment of a new attorney general and pressure from Salvadorans and the international community. I still think that a CICIES would be helpful, but at worst, the threat of a CICIES seems to have lit a fire under authorities in El Salvador.
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