Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele has enacted legal reforms allowing life imprisonment for minors as young as 12 convicted of homicide, terrorism, or rape, according to the country’s official gazette.
The measures, published on Tuesday and scheduled to take effect April 26, follow a constitutional amendment approved in March by the government-controlled Congress.
The changes eliminate special legal procedures previously available to offenders aged 12 to 18, though they include provisions
