According to Rolling Stone, Ruth Eleonora López, a leading Salvadoran human rights and anti-corruption attorney, was arrested Sunday night by El Salvador’s National Civil Police, prompting urgent condemnation from Amnesty International and other global rights groups. 

López, who serves as Chief Legal Officer at Cristosal and who has been a vocal critic of President Nayib Bukele’s administration, has reportedly been denied access to legal counsel and family contact since her detention.

The arrest comes just weeks after López confronted police who disrupted a Cristosal press conference featuring RFKHR president Kerry Kennedy, who had traveled to El Salvador to meet with our clients unlawfully deported from the U.S. 

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