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Cristian Caraballo

Salvadoran lawyer and Bukele critic Ruth López arrested

El Salvador's authorities have arrested a lawyer from one of the country's leading human rights organisations, in a development that critics of President Nayib Bukele say is a sign of "authoritarianism" in the Central American nation.

Ruth López is accused of embezzlement during a previous job working for an electoral court.

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