The Association of Journalists of El Salvador (APES, by its Spanish acronym) denounced this Thursday [Aug. 10] the criminalization of the journalistic profession by the Salvadoran president, Nayib Bukele, actions considered 'one more step towards the consolidation of a police and dictatorial state.'
'In a deliberate and irresponsible act, the president accuses three journalists: Bryan Avelar, Héctor Silva Ávalos and our APES director, Sergio Arauz, of having received confidential information, suggesting that this could be a crime,' reads a communiqué from the organization that refers to investigations affecting Bukele's government and the ruling party, Nuevas Ideas.
For APES, 'this type of accusations against journalists are one more step towards the consolidation of a police and dictatorial state.'"
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