Overview
- Prosecutors said the group was found guilty of crimes including 43 homicides and 42 disappearances committed between 2014 and 2022, along with extortion and drug trafficking.
- The attorney general’s office did not specify when the sentences were issued or whether the rulings resulted from collective trials.
- Marvin Abel Hernández Palacios, known as “Nocturno de Teclas,” received the longest reported term, while Kelvin Edgardo Germán Rivas, “Sapa,” was reported at 873 years.
- El Salvador’s legal maximum is 60 years in prison, leading activists to call the multi‑century terms largely symbolic and part of government messaging.
- The convictions come under the state of exception in place since March 2022, during which officials report over 90,000 detentions and about 8,000 releases, as NGOs document hundreds of deaths in custody and families seek Supreme Court review.