El Salvador reforms constitution to allow for life sentences


Security agents stand guard outside the Salvadoran Congress in San Salvador, El Salvador, August 15, 2025. REUTERS/Jose Cabezas/File Photo

March 17 (Reuters) - El ⁠Salvador's Congress on Tuesday approved a constitutional ⁠amendment to allow for life sentences ‌for charges including murder, rape, and terrorism, as the government of President Nayib Bukele continues its crackdown on the ​country's criminal gangs.

While Salvadoran courts ⁠previously handed down ⁠sentences exceeding 100 years, the law capped actual time ⁠served ‌at 60 years.

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