Lawyer says Salvadoran gov’t quashed probe of gang pact: Reuters (Al Jazeera)

December 29, 2021

A former senior Salvadoran anti-corruption prosecutor said President Nayib Bukele’s government shut down his unit’s investigation into its alleged negotiations with violent street gangs to help expand its power, as the United States steps up pressure on the Central American country over those talks.

German Arriaza, who headed an anti-corruption unit within the Attorney General’s Office, said his team compiled documentary and photographic evidence that Bukele’s government struck a deal with the Mara Salvatrucha (MS-13) and Barrio 18 gangs in 2019 to reduce murder rates and help the ruling New Ideas party win legislative elections in February.

Lawyer says Salvadoran gov’t quashed probe of gang pact: Reuters | Crime News | Al Jazeera

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Lawyer says Salvadoran gov’t quashed probe of gang pact: Reuters (Al Jazeera)

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