But in an affidavit, he said the state indicated it was purchasing the monitor for use in operating rooms and intensive care units, not for an execution.
DERA's virtual body means that a plausible picture of a person's interior can be displayed on a monitor in the same way that it would be in a real operating theatre.
Even more important for U.S. national security interests is that El Salvador is host to the U.S. Navy's primary Forward Operating Location (FOL) in Central America which is used to monitor and intercept drug traffic.
When operating properly, the monitors constantly sample the air and send data to EPA headquarters, where computers monitor the data and alert officials to unusual readings.