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El Salvador mass trials legal crisis 2026
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FIRST ENTRY OCT 07
OCT 07 · Day 1
El Salvador mass trials: lawyers struggle to defend hundreds
The mass trials are presented before the Tribunals Against Organized Crime, overseen by El Salvador's Supreme Court.
The identities of the tribunals' judges have not been disclosed, even to the lawyers involved in the proceedings.
More than 93,000 people, including more than 3,000 children, have been detained under El Salvador's emergency order.