The regulations highlight the creation of the crime of “promoting the illegal trafficking of persons”.
The recently passed Law Against Illegal Trafficking in Persons will be vetoed, President Nayib Bukele announced on Twitter today.
The Law against Illegal Trafficking in Persons was approved yesterday by the Legislative Assembly. Bukele argued “I am the last person who wants our people to leave,” and added “but we cannot continue to criminalize migration.”
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“Someone who kidnaps and traffics their victim is very different from someone who helps a group of desperate people cross a border,” Bukele wrote on the social network. “This law will be BANNED,” he concluded.
The regulations highlight the creation of the crime of “promoting illegal trafficking in human beings”.
This crime consists of promoting the illegal trafficking of people for the purpose of evading migration controls, either through information and communication technologies. The penalty for committing a round between 4 and 8 years in prison. The regulations were proposed by the Prosecutor’s Office on December 7, 2020.
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The writing by Bukele confronts the position of the diplomatic representation of the United States, Destination of thousands of Salvadoran migrants every year.
“There is joy when a country recognizes that its citizens cannot be used as traffic goods. The step taken by El Salvador protects people vulnerable to illegal human trafficking and severely punishes traffickers who offer them # unviajeenvano “, wrote on Twitter, Brendan O’Brien, Business Officer and Acting Ambassador of the United States to El Salvador.
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It is also a stumbling block for the work promoted by the Prosecutor’s Office.
“On this day we set a historic goal in the country. After almost 2 years of work, we finally got our initiative to become the Special Law against Illegal Trafficking in Persons,” wrote Attorney General Raul Melara , after knowing its approval.