Among the requests is the demand of the gangs to limit the use of force by the Police and the Army.
The stolen audio from the cell phone of one of the gang members involved in the negotiations and the confiscation of a manuscript on notebook sheets that the gangs call “Willas,” allowed the prosecution to realize the demands the gangs made on the government to keep the homicide reduction deal in place, according to the Lighthouse.
These are 19 very similar demands that the gangs raised in 2012 to the then Secretary General of the Organization of American States (OAS), José Miguel Insulza, when he visited the country to join the truce between these groups in the management presidential election of the fugitive Mauricio Funes.
“Of the 19 points, 14 refer to life inside prisons and the rest are requests to improve the lives of free gang members and their families,” the newspaper notes.
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Manuscripts confiscated by the Prosecutor’s Office in which the gangs raise 19 lawsuits against the Bukele government. PHOTO COURTESY EL FARO.NET
Among the requests is the demand of the gangs to limit the use of force by the Police and the Army.
“May there be a cessation of the attack by the Police and Armed Forces and units on our people (gangs) on the streets.”
In mid-July, the Movement of Police Workers (MTP) reported that Apopa police prefectures had banned police personnel from intervening in gangs or else could be sanctioned with arbitrary transfers.
“Don’t get in trouble leave the guys alone (gangs), at night turn on the lights and police siren for the brig to retire,” the MTP noted on its Twitter account.
This allegation of the police movement was denied by the police authorities.
Another request is the creation of “commissions” to constantly evaluate the performance of security devices; as well as, of the custodians of penitentiaries to avoid that they comment “illegalities”.
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Stop the persecution against their families and have the police, military, custodian or prison staff who have participated in “torture” of criminals in prisons be cleared.
They also requested the transfer to another prison of gangs that are more than seven years old in Zacatraz, but that were not in Izalco phase III. That the maximum length of stay in the Zacatecoluca penitentiary be defined “regardless of the profile” of the arena.
The removal of the metal plates that cover the doors and that the ventilation is improved, and that the stay in sectors 5 and 6 in Zacatecoluca, Izalco phase III and cells of punishment has a maximum of three years.
Police barracks known as “penalitos” should be dismantled, and facilities for temporary detention should be built in good condition and not “torture centers,” they point out.
Restore family visits and intimate visits in maximum security penalties.
For the gang members in freedom they demand special programs of reintegration for which just they leave the prison. Creation of micro and small companies for gang members in freedom and cooperatives. They demand more higher education scholarships for their children, among other demands.
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