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The gang crackdown is officially known in El Salvador as the "State of Exception" (Spanish: régimen de excepción). [14] Salvadoran president Nayib Bukele and his government have described the crackdown itself as a "war" (guerra) [15] and also refer to it as the "War Against the Gangs" (guerra contra las pandillas).
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 ...
Basketball has a considerably higher ratio of African-Americans than other sports. [4] Other deaths were caused by drug abuse. [5] Included are NBA players, WNBA players, college players, and players in other notable leagues who died before their retirement from basketball. Players who died following the conclusion of their career should not be ...
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 ...
More than six months after the Salvadorean government started a security operation to combat gangs, nearly 55,000 have been arrested, overcrowding an already stressed criminal justice system. (Oct.
The United States Department of State released a report documenting alleged human rights violations in El Salvador in 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.
Nelufar Hedayat examines the impact of the controversial "State of Exception" in El Salvador and the U.S.
At least 241 people have died in El Salvador prisons since the start of President Nayib Bukele's “war on gangs” two years ago, according to the organization Humanitarian Legal Relief. Ingrid ...