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El Salvador is in its second month of a "state of exception" in which authorities have been granted sweeping powers to make arrests.
President Nayib Bukele’s government has argued the measure is necessary to clean up gang violence that has torn apart Salvadoran society for decades.
Human rights groups and sources close to the police worry that the staff receiving accusations on social media are not trained to identify whether or not they are legitimate.
At least 80 people have allegedly died in prison since the state of exception began.
Human rights groups say most of the arrests qualify as arbitrary detentions which would indicate there is insufficient proof of a crime.
Authorities have been pressured to carry out arrests to fulfill quotas, which has disincentivized rigorous investigations.
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