El Salvador Faces Worst Human Rights Crisis Since Civil War, Says Amnesty International

President Nayib Bukele's Anti-Gang Crackdown Leads to Systematic Torture and Mistreatment, Leaving Hundreds Dead or Missing

El Salvador is experiencing one of the worst human rights crises since the country’s 1980-1992 civil war, due to President Nayib Bukele’s harsh anti-gang crackdown, according to Amnesty International.
The rights group claims that the almost 74,000 people jailed in the crackdown were subjected to systematic use of torture and other mistreatment.
Local rights groups say the crackdown has left 327 people missing and at least 190 dead.
Bukele's policy has lowered El Salvador’s homicide rate and given a popularity boost to the president, who plans to run for re-election despite a constitutional ban.
Amnesty International has identified three alarming characteristics of this situation: the massive number of human rights violations being committed; the high degree of state coordination in the design and implementation of this measure; and a state response that tends to conceal and minimize these actions, refusing to recognize and diligently investigate the abuses.