Family denounces signs of torture on body of former El Salvador government advisor

Lawyer Lucrecia Landaverde denounced Friday that the body of Alejandro Muyshondt, former national security adviser to the government of Salvadorian President Nayib Bukele, who died in state custody, showed signs of torture.

“There is a sea of doubt about how this person died. The body has several bruises, several signs that show he was tortured in some way,” the lawyer told journalists. Patricia Alvarez, Muyshondt’s mother, who was also present, explained that she learned of her son’s death through rumors on social media the day before and had to personally confirm his death with the hospital.

Landaverde denounced the condition in which the family received the body, saying: “You can see the blows, you can see the bruises, the body has holes and it seems that he had a lobotomy.” The lawyer also pointed out that the family has been unable to proceed with the burial since the hospital and the General Attorney’s office have denied them the necessary documentation.

“They gave us the body yesterday (Thursday), but they hid and disappeared the information from the Zaldaña Hospital, where he supposedly died, and they do not have a single piece of paper that allows us to accredit that he died there or at least that he received some medical attention there,” the lawyer explained. Speaking to the local press, Landaverde explained that Muyshondt’s mother received a call from the Attorney General’s Office (FGR) from a prosecutor who identified himself as Orif García, who told her to go to the FGR headquarters for the necessary procedures.