{"id":58142,"date":"2018-02-06T07:07:33","date_gmt":"2018-02-06T07:07:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/?p=58142"},"modified":"2018-02-06T07:07:33","modified_gmt":"2018-02-06T07:07:33","slug":"u-n-finds-possible-extrajudicial-killings-in-el-salvador-gang-offensive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/world-news\/u-n-finds-possible-extrajudicial-killings-in-el-salvador-gang-offensive.html","title":{"rendered":"U.N. finds possible extrajudicial killings in El Salvador gang offensive"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 14pt;color: #000000\">U.N. finds possible extrajudicial killings in El Salvador gang offensive<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 14pt;color: #000000\">Police and soldiers in El Salvador may have committed extrajudicial killings and used excessive force in their battle against violent street gangs in the Central American country, the United Nations said on Monday.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 14pt;color: #000000\">Agnes Callamard, the UN Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions, said her findings did not indicate a state policy that came from above but rather the actions of a few members of the security forces. Callamard was on a two-week tour of El Salvador.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 14pt;color: #000000\">\u201cI have found a pattern of behavior between security personnel that could be considered as extrajudicial killings,\u201d Callamard told a news conference, without giving further details.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 14pt;color: #000000\">\u201cThis is fomented more by weak answers from public institutions,\u201d she said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 14pt;color: #000000\">The United Nations asked the Salvadoran government to investigate cases of extrajudicial killings by authorities and try those responsible.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 14pt;color: #000000\">Human rights organizations have denounced extrajudicial killings and abuse of force by operatives from the government of President Salvador Sanchez Ceren.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 14pt;color: #000000\">\u201cWe understand as an institution that there could be some police officers that don\u2019t do their job well, but the institutional line is that all working police should do things according to the law,\u201d police spokeswoman Evelyn Marroquin said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 14pt;color: #000000\">El Salvador had a homicide rate of 60 per 100,000 people in 2017, one of the highest in the world.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 8pt\">Source:-\u00a0https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-el-salvador-violence\/u-n-finds-possible-extrajudicial-killings-in-el-salvador-gang-offensive-idUSKBN1FQ0E1<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-background-color\">\n\t\t\t  <div \n\t\t\t  \tclass = \"fb-comments\" \n\t\t\t  \tdata-href = \"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/world-news\/u-n-finds-possible-extrajudicial-killings-in-el-salvador-gang-offensive.html\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-numposts = \"10\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-lazy = \"true\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-colorscheme = \"light\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-order-by = \"social\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-mobile=true>\n\t\t\t  <\/div><\/div>\n\t\t  <style>\n\t\t    .fb-background-color {\n\t\t\t\tbackground: #ffffff !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t.fb_iframe_widget_fluid_desktop iframe {\n\t\t\t    width: 630px !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t  <\/style>\n\t\t  ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>U.N. finds possible extrajudicial killings in El Salvador gang offensive Police and soldiers in El Salvador may have committed extrajudicial killings and used excessive force in their battle against violent street gangs in the Central American country, the United Nations said on Monday. 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