Mass trial for MS-13 in El Salvador

The mass trial is one of the largest in the country's history and is being conducted via video link from several high-security prisons.

Human rights groups have criticized the practice, arguing that collective trials undermine the right to a fair and individual defense.

Prosecutors allege the group's leaders were responsible for a wave of homicides and extortions between 2012 and 2022.

This proceeding is a central component of Bukele's 'war on gangs,' which has seen tens of thousands of people detained under emergency powers.