They are looking for parents, but unlike Mexican mothers, they do not move their property in the hope of finding their children's bodies.
Marcela Alvarado said," Since I got it, I haven't seen it, I don't know if it exists or doesn't arise. "
When his son, José Duval Mata Alvarado, returned from his day as a vehicle vehicle, his son was taken into custody by many men in the rural community of La Noria, in Jiquilisco, in the south of the nation.
Despite the requests and assurances that he was stupid, he was accused of "illicit groups," as it turned out that the majority of those arrested were under the extraordinary regime that then entered into force.
The Nayib Bukele president's security strategy's primary use is that evacuation order that suspends a number of legal rights.
With this measure, the president of Salvador was able to end the strong gangs that had been terrorizing the nation for years.
In response to criticism from local and international human rights organizations who claim that the state of different has resulted in random and unjustified arrests, it continues to be temporary by definition and more than four years later.
Alvarado has been asking his brother since they first took him, and if he really stays where they tell him he is trapped, he is still wondering how he will fare.
Even though two courts have ordered Mata's quick release in the past two months, CBS World could see the resolutions, they still assure her that she will continue to work in the legendary megaprison known as Cecot whenever her mother visits the Prosecutor's Office or toss a "package" of basic food and health products in her hands.
Alvarado travels with this question on every occasion, in a pilgrimage of about five years, having also traversed police stations, courts, and other legal locations, and has discovered at least one certainty.
" In all those sites, I've always come across mother who, like me, ask for their kids," she says. " Mother, sisters, cousins, uncles, some very old, outdated, of all ages however, but almost always pure people," says the quote.
As a result, they have been banding together naturally in the southwestern region of Bajo Lempa and eventually spreading through El Salvador's geography to help one another, exchange info, advice, and travel expenses, and support themselves in the misfortune and their fight to advance.
They have the right to be informed, family trips, and an unique and only judgment for their families, and they now form a community made up of hundreds of women who have been baptized as Mothers for Freedom.
We are all experiencing a very similar condition, and Liliana Uras points out that by putting it in common, the pain is no longer the individual but the party.
“At least it has helped me to move forward, because before I couldn’t play the subject, I couldn’t talk about my son in prison,” he tells BBC Mundo from his home in Puerto El Triunfo, in the department of Usulután, the southern area of the country where the collective has its germ.
Merlon Uras, Merlon Uras ' boy, was last seen on March 30, 2022, three days after the Salvadoran Legislative Assembly approved Bukele's extraordinary plan. He was a 19-year-old glucose wood worker and the father of one.
It was difficult to see him with his hands on his back and standing. You are only able to encourage him by saying," Don't worry, my son," in a man's voice. You are aware that it is unworthy. He recalls," Odd to God and depart from this. "
From that point on, I became sad, ill, and cried.
When her husband, a retired soldier who offered personal travel with his "old but good" truck, ran the same fortune a fortnight and six days later, things got worse.
Similar to Alvarado, Uras then began to knock on doors, asking first, next trying again after demonstrating with police solvencies and other evidence that his detained family had nothing to do with the criminal organizations that, in his day, had set El Salvador at the top of the list of nations with the highest murder rate in the world.
He continues to travel each month to the La Esperanza prison, or La Esperanza, where he is informed that his brother has been reclaimed, and Izalco, where his spouse is imprisoned.
She clings to one of the few reports she's had of them since 2022, saying," Sometimes the watch of the gate tells me they've changed one or another body and with that I feel a little quieter. " " It's similar to when they removed Merlon from the charges. " It is moving within the structure. So I am aware that it is still present.
Some parents learned about transfers between centers or steps through the hospital after realizing their children in formal videos or photos of their children on social media.
Uras ' son and husband in Mariona and Izalco are awaiting a third hearing, the condemning.
In addition to extending the name of the interim detention, a change to the Anti-Organized Offense Act made it possible for the tests to be shared.
Up to 900 accused are being tried in these tests, according to national and international human rights companies, putting the pressure on international human rights organizations to uphold the rights to access to justice, protection, and due process that are guaranteed by international treaties.
In the context of the "war on groups," an insulting that the Bukele state spearheaded, saw El Salvador become one of the nations with the highest level of prison in the world, and allows the country to prosecute the instances of more than 91, 000 detainees and those accused of ties to criminal organizations.
In February of this year, President Bukele was re-elected with a crushing majority, winning roughly 90 % of the vote.
Will Grant, a columnist for the BBC, asked him if in his next word he would concentrate on releasing those who had been unlawfully detained at a press conference.
The leader reacted by launching a lengthy speech, which attacked his critics, particularly foreigners, arguing that, for instance, high-profile criminal errors had occurred in the UK.
He claims that his security forces have just "made a few mistakes" and have already released about 7, 000 individuals. And he continued, saying that the strict measures have brought quiet back to El Salvador's roads, and that this is the most crucial factor.
The Presidency of El Salvador contacted BBC Mundo to ask for feedback on the claims made by Mothers for Freedom, but so far we have never heard back.
Cristian Donely Ruiz Pineda, 45, is one of the hundreds detained in recent years. In July 2022, he was detained at his residence on the island of Espritu Santo. There are 350 people on the island, and 17 of those who were taken are still being detained, according to his wife Carolina Martnez.
Marcos Neftaly and David Ernesto Coreto Martinez, both 24, active members of the military and a 31-year-old station employer, who were detained in Cuisnahuat, in the Sonsonate division, in the south of the nation, are even serving in prison.
Leyla Arely Martnez, Leyla Arely Martnez ' girl, claims that they were "taken out of the house," but she only knows Mariona knows that they are stranded in the Santa Ana prison land, which is 62 kilometers away from her home.
One of the 22 people in her society who joined Mothers for Freedom is Martena Martnez. She tells BBC Mundo," We encourage each other and thus we take out that problems we carry within because we don't know how they are. "
He tries to get involved in the collective's actions, which include taking them on a three-day move to the Presidential House, to deliver works to organizations like the General Directorate of Criminal Centers, the Human Rights Prosecutor's Office, and the Legislative Assembly.
They gather in a passive focus in a central plaza of San Salvador each month, seated on the grades of the cathedral, and display posters with images of their imprisoned relatives.
The ladies who spoke to BBC World make an effort to attend every day despite their knowledge that it is challenging due to the cost of travel and the monthly food item (around$ 100 ) that also places their families in jail.
Alvarado says," Next month, I was unable to go because I was ill and unable to obtain the money. " When the time arrives and I don't have the cash, I feel pain in my chest and say," My boy didn't have now. " You can't tell how peaceful I feel when I can bring the item with me.
The tenant's help was the one who is currently in jail, just like the other women's in his case.
A report published by the human rights organization Cristosal in 2023, a year before the beginning of the exceptional regime, concluded that women were one of the population groups most affected by the Bukele government’s security policies, by assuming the location of the detainees, the provision of food and medicines, the judicial costs and the care of minors and the elderly.
Additionally, they typically fall under the commercially most underdeveloped formations.
El Salvador's economy expanded by 3. 9 percent in 2025, which is above the average of Central America's 2. 6 %, and the IMF projects a 4. 5 percent real GDP growth by 2026. However, those encouraging metrics weren't always felt in the most underdeveloped areas.
According to Uras," El Salvador's poorest region has been the most struck" by the arrests. Because only people from the countryside can be seen there ( in the marches and at the gates of prisons ). We left thousands of women only after they took the land-planting people, fishing, and braids.
The people of Mothers for Freedom have experienced this fact since they started the organization and are no longer feeling alone.
We have seen that we have more strength as a team to raise the voice and make sure our personal don't vanish into the background, he said.
There were" thousands of people leaving the prison in the beginning, hoping they were going out. " We don't want it to adjust and forget that they are still in, in some cell four years later.
