The Salvadoran government has launched a mass trial against 486 alleged gang leaders of the Mara Salvatrucha‑13 (MS-13), including 22 supposed members of the group’s top echelon, known as the Ranfla Nacional, whom authorities accuse of ordering 29,000 homicides committed between 2012 and 2022.

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Walter Vladimir Sandoval, 25, was captured on March 30, 2022, just five days after the state of emergency declared by Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele. Four days later, on April 3, he was already dead: his body showed fractures and visible injuries to his face, knees and chest. He was the first detainee to die in custody under the state of emergency, according to police documents and a report by the organization Socorro Jurídico Humanitario (Humanitarian Legal Aid, or SJH). To date, at least 517 deaths have been documented.

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