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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).
Mass murder of civilians by Salvadoran and Honduran forces who attempted to flee to Honduras by crossing the Lempa River [8] [9] Santa Cruz massacre: 11–19 November 1981 Victoria, Cabañas, Cabañas department: Unknown The armed forced of El Salvador killed civilians as they deployed scorched earth tactics during an anti-guerrilla military ...
As of 2011, San Salvador had managed to reduce its crime rate and reduce its murder rate to a level lower than that of Haiti, Venezuela, [54] Mexico, Guatemala, or Honduras, [55] although at over 90 murders per 100,000 residents, San Salvador's per capita rate was more than 10 times higher than that of major cities such as New York or London. [56]
Human rights groups on Monday criticized the massive arrests of suspected gang members in El Salvador.. The roundups, begun in late March after a spike in homicides, have resulted in the arrest of ...
On 23 June, Funes stated that repression was necessary to combat gang violence in El Salvador. [10] In a direct response to the Mejicanos massacre, the Legislative Assembly of El Salvador passed the "Law Prohibiting Maras, Gangs, Groups, Associations, and Organizations of Criminal Nature", which was drafted by Funes, on 1 September. Both MS-13 ...
Memorial depicting Oscar Romero and the 1980 murders of U.S. missionaries in El Salvador.. On December 2, 1980, four Catholic missionaries from the United States working in El Salvador were raped and murdered by five members of the El Salvador National Guard (Daniel Canales Ramírez, Carlos Joaquín Contreras Palacios, Francisco Orlando Contreras Recinos, José Roberto Moreno Canjura, and Luis ...
MS-13 is more than twice the size of Barrio 18, the second-most prominent gang in El Salvador. Together, the two account for almost all of the nation's gang violence. [9]: 6 Other notable gangs in El Salvador include Mao Mao, Miranda Loca, and La Maquina. [10] MS-13 has been a central focus of the Salvadoran government's current crackdown.
The El Mozote massacre took place both in and around the village of El Mozote, in the Morazán Department, El Salvador, on December 11 and 12, 1981, when the Salvadoran Army killed more than 811 civilians [1] during the Salvadoran Civil War. The army had arrived in the village on the 10th, following clashes with guerrillas in the area.