SISIGUAYO, EL SALVADOR — On the morning that Walber Rodriguez was arrested last May, he was just two minutes from his home in Sisiguayo, El Salvador.
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All around them in Sisiguayo and the surrounding Bajo Lempa valley, people were arrested with no satisfactory explanation.
Residents of the Bajo Lempa who'd been touched by the arrests had begun meeting weekly at a nearby retreat center.
A meeting of the Bajo Lempa families on June 17, 2022.