El Salvador prosecutes 492 leaders of the Mara Salvatrucha for 37,000 crimes
San Salvador, Feb 8 (EFE).- A court in El Salvador held a virtual mass hearing on Thursday against 492 gang leaders of the Mara Salvatrucha (MS13), including high-ranking leaders, for more than 37,000 crimes. President Nayib Bukele’s prison reforms, passed by Congress, allowed for mass criminal trials without the need to individualize the responsibility of …