Relatives of people detained under El Salvador's state of exception gathered at the San Salvador metropolitan cathedral on Saturday to leave offerings for inmates who have died behind bars and to demand fair trials. Cristosal has documented 454 deaths in Salvadoran prisons among people detained under the state of exception, which has allowed more than 90,000 detentions.
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Relatives of people detained under El Salvador's controversial state of exception gathered at the San Salvador metropolitan cathedral on Saturday to leave offerings for inmates who have died behind bars, demanding justice.
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I am a distraught mother, a mother who has never seen my son. I am a mother who has never seen their face or heard from them
We are here in memory of all the innocent people who have died under the state of exception
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El Salvador's state of exception, imposed by President Nayib Bukele four years ago, has allowed security forces to detain more than 90,000 people.
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Cristosal, a prominent human rights organization, has documented 454 deaths in Salvadoran prisons among people detained under the state of exception.
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On the cathedral steps, the group held a rally honoring the dead and remembering relatives still in custody.
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Protesters used the Day of the Dead, observed on November 1 and 2 across several Latin American countries, to remember those who died behind bars, and also called for fair trials for detainees who remain jailed.
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Her son, Oscar Orlando Rodriguez, was arrested in July 2022 and has been held incommunicado since.
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