{"id":523592,"date":"2026-09-15T10:10:59","date_gmt":"2026-09-15T14:10:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/uncategorized\/el-salvador-hands-down-a-life-sentence-for-the-first-time\/"},"modified":"2026-09-15T12:28:31","modified_gmt":"2026-09-15T16:28:31","slug":"el-salvador-hands-down-a-life-sentence-for-the-first-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/international\/el-salvador-hands-down-a-life-sentence-for-the-first-time\/","title":{"rendered":"El Salvador hands down a life sentence for the first time"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The justice system of El Salvador issued for the first time a life sentence against a man convicted of murder, following a legal reform promoted by President Nayib Bukele, the prosecutor&#8217;s office reported this Friday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Congress, dominated by the ruling party, eliminated the constitutional ban on life imprisonment in April, so it can now be applied to murderers, rapists, and terrorists.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>You may be interested in:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/internacionales\/frederick-spears-cadena-perpetua\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"702258\">Man receives life sentence for stabbing his wife to death in Texas<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Until then, the maximum sentence was 60 years in prison, with sentence reduction mechanisms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Then, Bukele had a regulation approved that extended the punishment to minors who commit murders, rapes, or participate in terrorism.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;This is the first life imprisonment sentence in the country&#8217;s history,&#8221; the attorney general&#8217;s office noted on X, while announcing the sentence issued by a San Salvador court against a 31-year-old man.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The defendant was found guilty of robbing and murdering a man last May, after hitting him with stones during an argument.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Bukele governs under a state of exception that represents the cornerstone of his war against gangs, which has led to the imprisonment of some 92,000 people and reduced crime to historic lows.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">However, the right-wing leader is accused by United Nations experts and NGOs of human rights abuses that could constitute crimes against humanity.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The justice system of El Salvador issued for the first time a life sentence against a man convicted of murder, following a legal reform promoted by President Nayib Bukele, the prosecutor&#8217;s office reported this Friday. 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