El Salvador's Bukele proposes life prison sentences in nation that has imprisoned 1% of population

El Salvador's President Nayib Bukele and his party are pushing forward a constitutional reform that would permit life prison sentences in a country that has imprisoned more than 1% of its population in its war on gangs. The reform was proposed on Tuesday before El Salvador's legislature, which is firmly in the control of Bukele's party. It comes after Bukele has pushed forward rounds of constitutional reforms, which have been sharply criticized for chipping away at checks-and-balances and undermining the country's delicate democracy.