Amnesty International says it’s concerned about possible human rights violations in El Salvador as the government enforces a brutal 30-day state of emergency that’s temporarily suspended several constitutional protections. Amnesty issued an open letter to Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele, who said this week over 3,000 people have been arrested, accused of being in gangs. Salvadorans continue to denounce police abuse. This is the mother of a person recently detained.

María del Carmen Murcia: “I think the only thing the president wants is to show big arrest numbers so that people applaud him. But there are innocent people in that prison, people who have done nothing wrong. Indeed, they have also locked up gang members, I won’t deny that. But the majority are innocent people.”