Espíritu Santo Island against the Sergeant
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A group of campesinos from El Salvador’s Jiquilisco Bay have filed a complaint with the Attorney General’s Office against a Salvadoran Navy sergeant, accusing him of providing false testimony that was decisive in the sentencing of a minor to ten years in prison. The boy’s case is the first conviction of a resident of their island under the state of exception.
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