The El Salvador chapter of the American Association of Jurists issued the following statement in response to the arbitrary detention of five former FMLN government officials. Read the original here in Spanish.

Regarding the actions against former government officials on this past Thursday, July 22, we express to the Salvadoran people and the international community:

Authorities must investigate theft of files related to disappearances of children and adults during the armed conflict 

Social movement organizations are denouncing the detentions, which were carried out without a judicial order, as politically motivated and are calling for their immediate release.

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