El Salvador is arrested by a prominent human rights lawyer who defends their deportation Human Rights News

Ruth Illionora Lopez defended Venezuelan immigrants who were deported to El Salvador by the administration of US President Trump.

A prominent human rights lawyer known for the defense of immigrants who were deported amid the policies of the President of the United States of America Donald Trump in El Salvador.

Ruth Eleonora Lopez, 47, is a great figure in the Rightsal Law group and an audio critic of the President of El Salvador, Nayb BokilTrump’s ally, was arrested late on Sunday.

The arrest was confirmed by the country’s prosecutor’s office, which is in Published online Lopez was accused of embezzlement of state funds during her period in the Electoral Court of El Salvador for more than a decade.

“She or her legal team was able to discover her whereabouts,” Christoal said in a statement.

The group said her arrest “raises serious concerns about the increasing risks faced by human rights defenders in El Salvador.”

Lopez has publicly criticized the government’s collective prison for alleged gang members, many of them have not been charged.

Christosal, one of the most prominent human rights groups in Latin America, helped Al -Salvadoria captured in the policies of the Security Prolonger, as well as more than 250 Venezuelan immigrants who were deported to El Salvador under the Trump administration.

“The most wonderful dictator in the world”, and the cultivation of close relationships with Trump, said earlier this year that El Salvador is Ready for home The United States prisoners were opened in a large, sprawling prison last year.

In March, Trump rarely used the powers of the war to send dozens of Venezuelans to El Salvador without trial, claiming his relationships with the Trine de Aragua gang – a charge of its rejection and lawyers.

the US Supreme Court On Friday, the Trump administration was prevented from resuming the rapid deportation of Venezuelans quickly under the law of foreign enemies of 1798.

In April, Christosal reported that the police entered their offices during a press conference to photograph journalists and employees – part of what observers say is a broader campaign of harassment and intimidation against civil society organizations and independent media.

López has been recognized by the British Broadcasting Corporation as one of the 100 most inspiring and influential women in the world for their commitment to justice and the rule of law.

A joint statement signed out of more than ten rights organizations, including Amnesty International And Hemloy Right Watch, demanding her immediate release.

The statement said: “The condition of the exception was not used in El Salvador to address the violence related to gangs, but also as a tool to silence critical sounds.”

He added: “tyranny has increased in recent years, as President Nayb has undermined the Undersecretary of Institutions and the rule of law, and the persecution of civil society organizations and independent journalists.”