Deputies decriminalize dissemination of messages generated by gangs

2023-11-02 05:56:24

The success of the Government’s security strategies led the Assembly to eliminate the punishment for those who spread messages from criminal groups,

The Legislative Assembly, with 73 votes, repealed the second paragraph of article 345-C of the Penal Code, which punished with imprisonment the dissemination of messages alluding to gangs, through the media, that could cause anxiety in the population.

The legislators’ decision is due to the effectiveness of the security strategies of the Government of President Nayib Bukele, such as the implementation of the Territorial Control Plan and the emergency regime.