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  2. Salvadoran gang crackdown - Wikipedia

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    The gang crackdown is officially known in El Salvador as the "State of Exception" (Spanish: régimen de excepción). [13] Salvadoran president Nayib Bukele and his government have described the crackdown itself as a "war" (guerra) [14] and also refer to it as the "War Against the Gangs" (guerra contra las pandillas).

  3. Blockade of Nueva Concepción - Wikipedia

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    On 27 March 2022, the government of El Salvador, which has long suffered from high rates of gang violence, declared a state of exception following a spike in murders which resulted in 87 deaths in two days. The ensuing crackdown has seen more than 72,000 arrests, been credited with severely damaging El Salvador's criminal gangs, and generated ...

  4. In Real Life: State of Exception - AOL

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    The state of exception must be an exception. The United States wants to work closely with El Salvador to support a sustainable path forward to these enduring challenges that affect the lives of ...

  5. Blockade of southern Chalatenango - Wikipedia

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    On 27 March 2022, the Legislative Assembly of El Salvador voted to implement a state of emergency after criminal gangs in El Salvador killed 87 people over the course of one weekend. [2] The vote began the Salvadoran gang crackdown which up to 24 March 2024 had resulted in the arrests of over 78,100 people with suspected gang affiliations. [3]

  6. Human rights commission calls on El Salvador to end state of ...

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    El Salvador should end a long-running state of emergency and reinstate suspended constitutional rights after achieving significant security gains due to its anti-gang crackdown, a prominent human ...

  7. In Real Life: State of Exception - AOL

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    Nelufar Hedayat examines the impact of the controversial "State of Exception" in El Salvador and the U.S.

  8. Terrorism Confinement Center - Wikipedia

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    The United States Department of State released a report documenting alleged human rights violations in El Salvador from 2022. This report alleges that the state of exception in El Salvador has put more pressure on the judicial system than it can handle, and as a result has created conditions not conducive to due process.

  9. Blockade of Soyapango - Wikipedia

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    The blockade of Soyapango was a Salvadoran government operation to arrest criminal gang members of Mara Salvatrucha (MS-13) and 18th Street gang in the city of Soyapango.The operation began on 3 December 2022 when Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele announced that 10,000 members of the country's security forces surrounded the city.