San Salvador, July 30, 2026 (AFP) - El Salvador issues 1,048-year sentences to gang members

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A court in El Salvador has given individual prison sentences exceeding 1,000 years to gang members convicted of drug trafficking, money laundering and other crimes, the Attorney General's office said Wednesday. The hefty sentences come in the context of right-wing President Nayib Bukele's ongoing war against gangs, launched in 2022, which has led to the arrest of more than 90,000 alleged gang members, with many being held in the country's notorio......

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