LatinNews Daily - 18 March 2026

EL SALVADOR: Congress amends constitution to allow life sentences

Central America & Caribbean by Anna Grace 18 March 2026 1673 views

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On 17 March El Salvador’s 60-member unicameral legislature approved a bill proposed by President Nayib Bukele to reform the constitution to permit life sentences for “murderers, rapists and terrorists”.

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