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(CNN Spanish) – The Constitutional Chamber of the Supreme Court of Justice of El Salvador on Monday ordered the government to expedite the repatriation of stranded citizens in different countries, estimated at around 4,000.
The judicial entity gave the Executive three days to present a new plan that reduces the waiting time for repatriation of some 1,200 people considered vulnerable, whose return the government estimates may take 14 weeks.
The bulk of these Salvadorans stranded abroad are people who were unable to return to the country due to the closure of the San Óscar Arnulfo Romero airport on March 18, as a preventive measure against coronavirus.
The ruling also requires Chancellor Alexandra Hill to submit a report within 48 hours detailing the efforts made for the repatriation of Salvadorans.
The text should include the total number of people who have returned on land and air travel from countries in the area such as Belize, Panama, Dominican Republic, Jamaica and Mexico.
According to the opinion, Hill will have to present a similar report every seven days and the text will be in the public domain.
The Government, in addition, must inform the Constitutional Chamber of the number of isolation centers and the spaces available so that the magistrates can make a reasonable assessment of the terms proposed by the Executive.
The government insists that the repatriation process must be carried out in an orderly manner to reduce the risk of contagion from the virus, so those who return must comply with a controlled quarantine in isolation centers.
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