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Noah Bullock, Executive Director of Cristosal, told LNN that the year‑long detention of López is a politically motivated act of repression designed to silence dissent and punish her for exposing high‑level corruption within the Bukele administration. “Ruth was arrested without an order from the attorney general and accused of a crime that she couldn’t have committed because she never managed public funds,” Bullock said.
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The circumstances of her arrest were equally alarming. Luis Benavides, López’s husband, told Latino News Network that police arrived at their home under false pretenses. “The police came to our house with some story about our car having been in an accident,” he said. “She was in her pajamas. They had her change into other clothes on the street, with a photographer documenting her humiliation.” For Benavides, the spectacle was not only degrading but a clear signal that authorities intended to criminalize López before any legal process had even begun.
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