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Rafael Lopez Castellon, a 53-year-old miller, was detained in June 2022 and died in the Mariona prison.
In a chilling act of state erasure, he was buried in a mass grave under an assumed identity, effectively disappearing him from his family and the public record until his eventual exhumation in September 2022.
While official forensics cited "Pulmonary Edema," photographic evidence clearly shows bruising on his face—a hallmark of the violence and torture occurring behind prison walls.
Rafael was not a gang member, yet his life was extinguished and his identity discarded by a state apparatus that operates with total disregard for the rule of law.
Legal Imperative: Accountability Does Not Expire
The actions taken against Rafael Lopez Castellon—specifically the forced disappearance and extrajudicial execution—are not subject to the limitations of time or political cover.
Crimes Against Humanity (Rome Statute, Article 7): The systematic practice of extrajudicial killing, combined with the forced disappearance of detainees into mass graves, constitutes a crime against humanity. Under the Rome Statute, these acts do not have a statute of limitations.
Individual Criminal Responsibility: State agents and officials who order, facilitate, or commit these acts are personally and individually criminally responsible. The principle of nullum crimen, nulla poena sine lege does not shield perpetrators of crimes against humanity from international or domestic prosecution.
Non-Prescription: Under international human rights law and the jurisprudence of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights, crimes against humanity and forced disappearances are imprescriptible. There is no legal refuge for those who believe they can hide their crimes in mass graves; the state's accountability is permanent.
Conclusion
The burial of Rafael in a mass grave is an explicit attempt to hide the truth, but it has failed. We demand an immediate, transparent, and independent investigation into the entire system of mass graves used to bury the victims of the State of Exception. The law is clear: these are not administrative oversights; they are profound violations of the Rome Statute that demand international justice. The agents of the state responsible for this will be held to account, regardless of the time passed, because crimes against humanity do not expire.
#Justice #ElSalvador #StateOfException
José Leonidas Bonilla Torrez was a 45-year-old labor union member of the Alcaldía Mejicanos who was not a gang member.
Detained on April 26, 2022, he survived only four months in the Mariona prison before dying on September 3, 2022—just one day before his scheduled hearing to review his precautionary measures.
Despite being a healthy individual prior to his arrest, José succumbed to a combination of untreated medical needs and physical trauma.
His death was directly linked to the denial of his necessary hypertension medication, compounded by clear signs of physical torture.
Legal Grounds for Justice and Accountability
The state’s treatment and subsequent death of José Leonidas Bonilla Torrez represent a clear violation of international human rights and criminal law:
Crimes Against Humanity (Rome Statute, Article 7): The deliberate denial of life-saving medication to a vulnerable prisoner, combined with evidence of physical torture, constitutes murder, torture, and other inhumane acts. These actions were committed as part of a systematic campaign against civilian populations, satisfying the criteria for crimes against humanity under the Rome Statute.
Fundamental Rights (ICCPR): As a labor unionist, José's arbitrary detention and death violate the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR), which guarantees the right to life, liberty, and protection from torture and cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment. The state's failure to provide medical care to a known hypertensive patient is a direct breach of its duty to treat all persons deprived of their liberty with humanity and respect.
There must be justice for José Leonidas Bonilla Torrez. The systematic silencing of labor activists through arbitrary detention and lethal neglect is a fundamental violation of human rights that the international community must address. The documentation of torture and medical denial in his case demands an immediate, independent investigation into the conditions of confinement at Mariona and the accountability of state officials for these atrocities.
#URGENT #ElSalvador #StateOfException
Oscar, a 46-year-old psychiatric patient who required daily medication, was detained on charges of "Agrupaciones Ilícitas" and died just five days later in state custody. While the official records cite his death, the autopsy results explicitly point to "Severe Craniocerebral Trauma Contusive Type"—essentially fatal head blows—rather than natural causes related to his psychiatric condition. The visual evidence of trauma to his body contradicts the state's narrative and confirms that he was not a gang member.
The government’s media strategy deliberately excludes stories like Oscar’s. By focusing exclusively on individuals with visible gang-related tattoos, the state constructs a false justification for its actions, successfully concealing the reality that innocent civilians, including vulnerable individuals with disabilities, are being subjected to lethal violence at the hands of those meant to hold them in custody.
Violations Under the Rome Statute
The brutal death of Oscar Alfredo Gallegos Pocasangre constitutes a potential crime against humanity under Article 7 of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court:
Murder (Article 7(1)(a)): The forensic confirmation of fatal head trauma while in detention constitutes a clear case of murder committed as part of a systematic attack against a civilian population.
Torture (Article 7(1)(f)): The physical evidence of severe blunt force trauma to a vulnerable, non-combatant prisoner is a quintessential act of torture and cruel treatment, prohibited by international law.
Persecution (Article 7(1)(h)): The systematic targeting of non-gang members, particularly those unable to defend themselves due to psychiatric conditions, represents a clear pattern of persecution.
Conclusion
This is not merely a tragedy; it is evidence of a state-sponsored mechanism of violence that operates with total impunity. The international community cannot remain silent while innocent individuals are arrested, tortured, and killed in custody under the guise of public security. Justice for Oscar, and for the hundreds of others like him, requires an immediate, independent, and international investigation into these atrocities.
> It involves a complete overhaul of the app's core functionality, with the contact-tracing feature permanently discontinued and all associated data deleted to address privacy concerns
Folks argued this would never happen
#AarogyaSetu #ContactTracing #privacy #StateOfException
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Scope creep zindabad!
Digital India ftw.
Words mean nothing. Public statements carry no weight. The world is meaningless.
🏆 Our tribute to MOVIR, our 2025 Human Rights Award recipients. 🇸🇻
Despite severe repression in #ElSalvador, they demand truth & justice for those arbitrarily detained under the #stateofexception. Their work reminds us why we do what we do.👇
https://t.co/xLQ0bD6s3H
@liz_churchill10 These were innocent people. They`re dead because of the #StateOfException Is this fair? No!!!
Thank you for letting the world know our real situation. We’ve have lived under a #StateOfException and a DICTATORSHIP for 6 years. There are thousands of innocent people in jail, there are at least 416 salvadoreñas who have died under State custody without due process of law. #ElSalvador
🇸🇻 Is El Salvador really safer under the state of exception? The government says homicides are down by 80%, but independent reports tell a different story.
Mass incarceration, repression, and a weakening democracy—at what cost? 🧵👇
#ElSalvador #HumanRights #StateOfException
20 years since #Agamben wrote of the #StateOfException being used by elites and authoritarians to override basic principles and laws, we see more corporates profiting from such breakdowns. #DisasterCapitalism
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Cristian Donely was unjustly arrested on July 3, 2022 on the El Espiritu Santo Island.
Cristian hasn’t seen his family for 2 years. The #StateofException is tearing families apart.
Learn more about the Islanders here → https://t.co/pzxWLmvAsn
Since 2022 under the #StateofException in El Salvador, 25 innocent people from the Espíritu Santo island were unjustly arrested. Only 8 have been released. #LibertadParaIES & @nayibbukele free the people of Espíritu Santo island now!
🗣 In 2022 under the #StateofException in El Salvador, 25 innocent people from the Espíritu Santo island were unjustly arrested. Only 8 have been released.
Here is the story of 4 innocent people on the island made a victim of the state.
#LibertadParaIES
🇸🇻⚖️Since 2022 under the #StateofException in El Salvador, 25 innocent people from the Espíritu Santo island were unjustly arrested. Only 8 have been released.
Use #LibertadParaIES & the graphics ⬇️ to make noise and pressure @nayibbukele to free the 17.
https://t.co/IMkHQ8wZAE
🇸🇻⚖️Since 2022 under the #StateofException in El Salvador, 25 innocent people from El Espíritu Santo island were unjustly arrested. Only 8 have been released.
Use #LibertadParaIES & the graphics⬇️to make noise & pressure @nayibbukele to free the 17.
https://t.co/9kS3Epbcc6
🗓️July 18, 2022: the biggest raid of arbitrary arrests on the Isla Espíritu Santo in #ElSalvador 🇸🇻
2 years later and 17 people are STILL arrested under the #StateofException ❌
Let's honor the victims and demand for their immediate release ⚖️
#LibertadParaIES
🗓️July 18, 2022: the biggest raid of arbitrary arrests on the Isla Espíritu Santo in #ElSalvador 🇸🇻
2 years later + 17 people are STILL arrested under the #StateofException ❌
Let's honor the victims + demand for their immediate release ⚖️ #LibertadParaIES
How were 25 people arrested without:
➡️ Gang ties
➡️ Physical evidence
➡️ Due process
@nayibbukele has allowed the arrest of thousands more innocent people under the #StateofException
Our campaign focuses on:
👤Releasing the Innocents
⚖️Restoring Due Process
🇺🇲Talk to Congres
When human rights become an exception rather than the norm, then we have what we call a State of Exception.
A State of Exception is when the government decides who among its citizens has a 'killable body'.
#StateOfException
#OccupyParliament
#REJECTFİNANCEBILLKENYA2024
We thank you so much @RepMcGovern for hearing us today. The #Stateofexception has come at a cost with thousands of innocent people jailed, more than three hundred innocent people have died because of torture and Inhuman treatment. #USA #Washington #ElSalvador
"2.46% of the population in El Salvador has been detained under the #StateofException. 244 people have died in custody so far." 👇
🔊Watch @idhuca's presentation of their 2nd report on #HumanRightsViolations under Bukele's government. #ElModeloBukeleEs
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