The youths, aged 12 to 15, were detained after a video shared on the social media platform TikTok showed them flashing signs connected with the Mara Salvatrucha (MS-13) gang, according to police.
Seven other young people, who were also being prosecuted for alleged links to gangs, were acquitted by the court in the country’s capital San Salvador.
The minors, aged 12 to 15, were detained after a video shared on the social media platform TikTok, showed them flashing signs connected with the Mara Salvatrucha (MS-13) gang, according to police.