human rights defender

Alejandro Antonio Henríquez Flores

Organization affiliation

  • Asociación Centro de Estudios Aplicados en Ecología y Sustentabilidad Ambiental (Ecos El Salvador)
  • Foro del Agua
  • Movimiento Político Rebelión Verde (ReverdES)

HRD's year of birth

1995

HRD's Gender

Man

Type of HRD

  • Lawyer

HRD's thematic area of engagement

  • Economic, social and cultural rights
  • Environmental rights
  • Land rights

HRD's geographical origin

Urban

HRD's bio and work

(AI translated) Alejandro Antonio Henríquez Flores was born on November 24, 1995, in Antiguo Cuscatlán, department of La Libertad, El Salvador. He graduated with a Bachelor's degree in Legal Sciences from the Universidad Centroamericana José Simeón Cañas (UCA) in 2018. In 2023 he obtained a Master's degree in Human Rights from the Universidad Autónoma de San Luis Potosí, Mexico. Since 2018, as a member of the Association Center for Applied Studies in Ecology and Environmental Sustainability (Ecos El Salvador), the Water Forum, and the Green Rebellion Political Movement (ReverdES), he has accompanied various communities and organizations in the defense of water, land, the environment, and territory. Among the cases accompanied are the defense of water in Valle el Ángel, Apopa; the defense of land in the Cooperativa El Pimental; as well as the defense of life and the environment through the filing of a claim of unconstitutionality against the General Law on Metallic Mining approved in 2024. Likewise, since 2023 he has taught Environmental Law and Human Rights at the Universidad Pedagógica de El Salvador and also at the Universidad Centroamericana José Simeón Cañas.

Current Status

Released

Detained since

May 13, 2025

Date of release

Dec 17, 2025

Charge(s)

  • Creating disturbances

Sentence

(AI translated) Alejandro was sentenced to three years in prison, being substituted by rules of conduct, these being the following: 1. Immigration restriction, 2. Report address, 3. Not participate again in acts similar to the acts for which he was prosecuted.

Geolocation of detention

Country or area of detention

Region of detention

  • Americas: Latin America and the Caribbean

Location of detention - City/Town

(AI translated) San Salvador, Mejicanos

Location of detention - Facility

(AI translated) La Esperanza Penitentiary Center (Mariona)

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