Jailed Salvadoran lawyer Ruth Lopez symbolizes the "decency" and "credible voice" that President Nayib Bukele's government only managed to silence with imprisonment, her husband Louis Benavides told AFP in an interview.
Lopez, 48, who headed the anti-corruption unit at the NGO Cristosal, was arrested in her pajamas on May 18, 2025, accused by the Bukele-allied Attorney General's Office of illicit enrichment during her time working at the electoral tribunal a decade ago.
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