00:00Meanwhile, on Wednesday, the Parliament of El Salvador approved another one-month extension of the state of emergency in effect since March of 2022.
00:09This is the 44th extension of the measure.
00:12The initiative was supported by 57 of the 60 deputies and is defended by President Nayib Bukele's party,
00:19which argues that the extension seeks to capture the last gang members.
00:23On this context, the government assures that the homicide rate has shown a significant decrease thanks to the measure,
00:30though the cost to human rights, according to the organizations that remain in the country, is very high.
00:37These initiatives estimate that between 300 and 400 people have died in state custody under this regime.
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