SAN SALVADOR (Reuters) – El Salvador’s national police shared details on Friday about an alleged plot by veterans of the country’s civil war to detonate explosives on Saturday, when President Nayib Bukele is inaugurated for a second term. KEY QUOTE The suspects “were part of the so-called Salvadoran Insurrection Brigade and their objectives were to […]
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SAN SALVADOR (Reuters) – El Salvador’s national police shared details on Friday about an alleged plot by veterans of the country’s civil war to detonate explosives on Saturday, when President Nayib Bukele is inaugurated for a second term.
KEY QUOTE
The suspects “were part of the so-called Salvadoran Insurrection Brigade and their objectives were to detonate (explosives) at gas stations, supermarkets and public institutions,” the national police said on social media late on Thursday. The police shared photos of the homemade explosives on Friday.
CONTEXT
Bukele won reelection in a landslide victory in February after garnering massive popularity in a crackdown on crime that reduced violence significantly but led to the suspension of some civil liberties and the arrest of more than 75,000 people without charges.
(This story has been corrected to fix the days of police reports to Friday, not Tuesday, in paragraphs 1 and 2, and to Thursday, not Monday, in paragraph 2)
(Reporting by Nelson Renteria; Writing by Brendan O’Boyle; Editing by Paul Simao)