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Gang members from the Mara Salvatrucha claim they buried 200 people in Bukele's political cradle

La acusación de la Fiscalía salvadoreña destapa el hallazgo de más de 20 fosas clandestinas en Nuevo Cuscatlán, la localidad que el presidente presentó como modelo de seguridad cuando era alcalde

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Gang members from the Mara Salvatrucha claim they buried 200 people in Bukele's political cradle

Three MS-13 gang members, collaborating with the Prosecutor's office, have testified in a mass trial against 486 alleged leaders of the gang. They confessed that between 2013 and 2021, over 200 people were tortured, killed, and buried in Finca Suiza, a wooded area in Nuevo Cuscatlán municipality. Finca Suiza holds significance in El Salvador's political history, as it is where Nayib Bukele began his political career in 2012.

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