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Security & Strategic Review - August 2017 (ISSN 1741-4202)
El Salvador: Amendments to forfeiture legislation fan impunity concerns
President Salvador Sánchez Cerén last month promulgated amendments to El Salvador’s forfeiture law (which took effect in 2014) following approval of the initiative by the 84-member unicameral national legislature. A string of public figures including Attorney General Douglas Meléndez, Justice & Security Minister Mauricio Ramírez Landaverde, as well as the US ambassador to El Salvador, Jean Manes, have come out against the changes, warning that they will benefit organised crime. While the supreme justice court’s constitutional chamber (CS) has since ruled against it – setting the stage for an ongoing legal battle between the different branches of government – the attempts to weaken anti-corruption legislation and Manes’ remarks in particular have sparked concerns locally that crucial US cooperation could be affected as a result.
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