Alejandro Muyshondt, former national security advisor to Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele, died in state custody in early February. Muyshondt’s sister spoke, in an interview with EFE, about the circumstances of his arrest and subsequent death, raising questions about human rights violations in Salvadoran prisons.
According to figures presented on Feb. 24 by the NGO Socorro Jurídico Humanitario, some 235 inmates have died in El Salvador’s prisons during the country’s state of emergency, with 48% showing signs of violence and 30% dying due to lack of medical care.