(AP Photo/Salvador Melendez) Updated [hour]:[minute] [AMPM] [timezone], [monthFull] [day], [year] SAN SALVADOR (AP) — A court in El Salvador on Thursday sentenced three youths to five years in prison ...

The minors, aged 12 to 15, were detained after a video shared on the social media platform TikTok, showed them flashing signs ... ranging up to 20 years in prison for alleged ties to gangs.

The youths, aged 12 to 15, were detained after a video shared on the social media platform TikTok showed them flashing signs ... ranging up to 20 years in prison for alleged ties to gangs.

Seven other youths, who were also being prosecuted for alleged links to gangs, were acquitted by the court in the country’s capital San Salvador.

The youths, aged 12 to 15, were detained after a video shared on the social media platform TikTok showed them flashing signs connected with the Mara Salvatrucha (MS-13) gang, according to police.