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Colombia: Family condemns young man jailed in El Salvador for tattoo

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Jose Antonio Potes Caes The 27-year-old Colombian youth was arrested in January 2023 in El Salvador, the country he moved to earlier this year. He is currently in one of the country’s prisons, accused of belonging to “Mara 18”, denounced his family in Colombia.

The mother mentioned that the young man had moved to Savior to find work and provide financial assistance to his relatives, but since his arrest they have been unable to contact him, according to reports in major newspapers in Colombia.

Potes Caes would have been detained for having a tattoo, a badge identifying the gang members of this Central American nation, against whom El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele initiated a controversial policy of persecution, including imposing a state of emergency for more than a year in this country.

Eliana Potes, mother of José Antonio, mentioned that she cries every night and that she is not allowed to see her son due to conditions in gang prisons in El Salvador.

According to the family, Potes’ tattoo on which he was arrested only includes his grandmother’s name and her birth and death dates.

When potes kaez He is not the only one, because a year ago, Jonathan Francisco Enriquez Serrano was also detained by the police. Enriquez Serrano was accused of being gang just because he has two tattoos, one with his mother’s name and the other with a dumbbell.

Human Rights Watch, a human rights organization, mentioned that in Savior some detainees were tortured, dozens died in custody, and thousands were mistreated.

The family asks for help from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs

potes kaez it came out of Colombia leaving his mother, his girlfriend Marcela Garcia and their 4 year old son. The family turned to the Foreign Ministry for help, hoping that the Colombian’s innocence could be proven. According to the information provided by the relatives, Potes has no criminal record in Colombiaand he only has a tattoo on his chest. At present, the Colombian Ministry of Foreign Affairs has not issued a decision on this fact.

Source: RPP

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