El Salvador arrest prominent human rights lawyer

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Eleonora Alfaro (L), mother of lawyer Ruth Lopez of the human rights group Cristosal, speaks next to Noah Bullock (C), executive director of Cristosal, and Louis Benavides (R), partner of Lopez, during a press conference in El Salvador.

Human rights groups have called for the immediate release of Ruth López, whose whereabouts are unknown since her arrest by police in El Salvador late Sunday.

(Image credit: MARVIN RECINOS)

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