Gang truce mediator Raul Mijango is secured by policemen in a court of justice after his arrest on allegations of bringing banned objects into prisons and being an associate of gang members in San Salvador, El Salvador May 6, 2016. REUTERS/Jose Cabezas
SAN SALVADOR (Reuters) - El Salvador released on Monday Raul Mijango, the mediator of a controversial gang truce who was arrested in early May, but the legal proceedings against him will continue, authorities said.
A judge in San Salvador ruled that Mijango, who is also a former congressman and a former guerrilla commander, must sign in at the court every 15 days and cannot have any contact with gang members.
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