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A lawyer's prolonged detention shows how El Salvador's gang emergency extends to common crimes

A lawyer's prolonged detention shows how El Salvador's gang emergency extends to common crimes
El Salvador’s arrest of an anticorruption lawyer from a well-known human rights organization last month is the latest example of how the special powers given to President Nayib Bukele to battle gangs are being applied to a host of unrelated alleged crimes

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