El Salvador Registers 4,060 Disappeared People under President Nayib Bukele

[Judi Lynn]

Published: 21 November 2022
WRITTEN BY VINICIUS MADUREIRA

Of the last three presidents of El Salvador, the administration of Nayib Bukele has seen the highest average rate of disappearances of people, said a report released by the University Observatory of Human Rights last week.

Using police data, the human rights watchdog warned that 4,060 cases of forced disappearances were reported between January 2020 and June 2022. The report said that 1,309 of these cases are still active, which means that the whereabouts of the victims remain unknown.

El Salvador’s capital registered the highest number of disappearances from 2019 to 2022 with 430 cases, while La Libertad ranked second with 206.

Although Bukele’s tenure saw the country’s homicide rate drop by about 45%, forced disappearances raise questions about security achievements trumpeted by the president.

More:
https://www.occrp.org/en/daily/17056-el-salvador-registers-4-060-disappeared-people-under-president-nayib-bukele

[Grins]

1. You still wonder why people walk 1,000 miles to the U.S.?

The border problem is not on our border. It’s in El Salvador. And Guatemala. And Honduras. And Columbia. And Venezuela. They are not democracies and not safe.