Pressure is mounting on the Trump administration to renew a policy that has protected immigrants for 25 years 

During a July 20th press conference, Salvadoran human rights and labor rights organizations denounced  the scheduling of a mass trial hearing for August 25 and 26 by the Fourth Court Against Organized Crime, in which union leader Geovanni Antonio Aguirre López will be prosecuted. Aguirre has remained detained under the State of Exception since 2022, despite two court orders mandating his release.

On July 16, after several weeks of an international visibility campaign for Ruth’s release, her sister, Claudia López, told the press that she had been granted a visitation with Ruth in mid-May, during which she stated that Ruth was experiencing life-threatening health complications and demanded answers regarding the results of a biopsy.

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