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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).
El Salvador's gang violence has reached a very concerning place in terms of its country's safety. The MS-13 and Barrio 18 are involved in extortion, human trafficking, narco-activities, and violence. [6] MS-13 and Barrio 18 are powerful gangs that have great control over citizens in El Salvador causing people to feel fear and displacement. The ...
The increase of violence was attributed to the actions of the two main gangs that operate in El Salvador: the Mara Salvatrucha and Barrio 18 gang. Both criminal groups emerged in the 1980s in Salvadoran immigrant communities in the United States and expanded throughout the national territory after the signing of the Peace Accords in 1992.
Experts trace the gang crisis in El Salvador to the United States' 1990s-era deportation of Salvadorans suspected of belonging to Los Angeles-formed gangs such as Mara Salvatrucha, or MS-13. The ...
Pedro had fled El Salvador years earlier when a gang tried to kill him. In Mexico he received a humanitarian visa and, when his daughter was born there, permanent residency.
L.A.-born gangs ruled El Salvador. The gangs that have long dominated life in El Salvador formed in Los Angeles. Barrio 18 and Mara Salvatrucha, or MS-13, were transplanted to El Salvador in the ...
In El Salvador, the gang is more centralized and cohesive. [42] In 2002, several high-ranking MS-13 members began establishing the Ranfla Nacional, the gang's "command and control structure", which has directed acts of violence and murders in El Salvador and the United States. [10] [43]
El Salvador's Congress repealed a law on Wednesday that criminalized the publication of gang messages, as ruling party leaders declared victory in their war against criminal groups. President ...