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El Salvador holds mass trial for 486 alleged members of notorious MS-13 gang
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El Salvador holds mass trial for 486 alleged members of notorious MS-13 gang

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<p>Human rights groups have warned that the collective prosecutions violate due process and block defendants from accessing legal counsel</p><p>A Salvadoran court on Tuesday began a collective trial of 486 alleged gang members, in one of the biggest mass trials under president Nayib Bukele’s crackdown on gang violence through controversial emergency powers.</p><p>Prosecutors say the charges against alleged members of the Mara Salvatrucha gang, or MS-13, span more th

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<p>Human rights groups have warned that the collective prosecutions violate due process and block defendants from accessing legal counsel</p><p>A Salvadoran court on Tuesday began a collective trial of 486 alleged gang members, in one of the biggest mass trials under president Nayib Bukele’s crackdown on gang violence through controversial emergency powers.</p><p>Prosecutors say the charges against alleged members of the Mara Salvatrucha gang, or MS-13, span more th
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