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El Salvador: country extends pretrial detention of 80,000 gang suspects for 2 more years
The Congress, controlled by President Nayib Bukele’s New Ideas party and its allies, voted 57 to 3 in favor of extending the period of pretrial incarceration.
Source: AP News (15/08/2025)
