Santa Tecla court sentences Emilio Pacheco to six years over 84.4 grams of cannabis
The Second Sentencing Court of Santa Tecla sentenced Emilio Adonay Pacheco Arévalo, 22, to six years for possession after police found 84.4 grams of cannabis on him on 30 April 2026 at kilometre 11 of the road to Puerto de La Libertad.
🇸🇻 Puerto de La Libertad · El Salvador
- Charged
- 1
- Prison
- 6 years
On 28 October 2026 El Mundo reported that the Second Sentencing Court of Santa Tecla had sentenced Emilio Adonay Pacheco Arévalo, 22, for possession and keeping of drugs.[1] The paper quoted a post that day from Centros Judiciales El Salvador, which reports the courts of the Supreme Court of Justice.[1]
The court said two police officers stopped him on the afternoon of 30 April 2026 at kilometre 11 of the road to Puerto de La Libertad.[1] A search found 84.4 grams of cannabis.[1] The court found him criminally responsible and imposed six years in prison.[1]
The headline says he was condemned to 22 years.[1] The quoted court post and the body of the article say six.[1]
The same article then describes another case, in Acajutla, which is not part of this report.[1]
The photograph, credited to the courts, shows Pacheco seated in a courtroom.[1]
Sources
- Condenan a 22 años de cárcel a joven por trasladar marihuana en carretera al Puerto de La Libertad. El Mundo, 28 October 2026. In Spanish.
Open questions the AI reported
- The headline says 22 years. The court's text, quoted in the same article, and the body of the article say six years.
- Only El Mundo was opened. It quotes the courts' social-media post and does not link a judgment.
- The stop is given as kilometre 11 of the road to the port. The pin is the port of La Libertad, not that marker.
- The article then describes a separate case in Acajutla, left out here, and repeats the figure 84.4 grams for that other man.