The document states that the former Minister of Justice and Public Security, Benito Lara, has been facing charges of alleged corruption since he was accused, but that his arrest is not an isolated incident.

We anticipate that they will attempt to impose a sentence to support their narrative that those of us who defend human rights and denounce corruption are enemies, the leftist political group stated.

The FMLN demanded that the former deputy of the red party be tried based on international treaties and respect for human rights. They remembered that due to the positions he held, he is “a vulnerable person” in prison. They also demanded that his physical, psychological, and social integrity be guaranteed. Moral.

The politician was arrested last Monday, at the end of the fourth day of the gang negotiations trial in which he is being prosecuted for electoral fraud and illicit associations, along with former San Salvador mayor Ernesto Muyshondt, who is following the trial from the Ilopango prison.

According to his defense attorneys, the detention and revocation of the alternative measures imposed five years ago when the trial began are unjustified since there is no flight risk.

Lara said the arrest took him by surprise because if there had been a flight risk, he would have had five years to do so, but he didn’t.

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