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In recent years, the homicide rate of El Salvador has plummeted drastically, both before and since the 2022 Salvadoran gang crackdown. [19] In 2024, El Salvador reported a homicide rate of 1.9 per 100,000 people, a figure lower than any other Latin American country. [20] This rate represents a 98% decrease in nine years. [21]
Gang violence contributed to El Salvador having one of the highest homicide rates in the world for decades; [18]: 9 in 2015, El Salvador's homicide rate reached 103 homicides per 100,000 people — of 6,650 homicides registered that year — making it the most violent country in the Western Hemisphere.
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Violent crime is rampant in El Salvador, in 2012 the homicide rate peaked at 105 homicides per 100,000 residents. In 2016, the rate decreased by 20%, but El Salvador has gotten better over the years. The new president, Nayib Bukele has transformed the gang ridden country into "the safest country in the western hemisphere".
El Salvador's government does not regularly provide information on the number of children held in prison or who are in pre-trial detention. It said in February last year 1,065 children had been ...
El Salvador, [a] officially the Republic of El Salvador, [b] is a country in Central America. It is bordered on the northeast by Honduras, on the northwest by Guatemala, and on the south by the Pacific Ocean. El Salvador's capital and largest city is San Salvador. The country's population in 2024 was estimated to be 6 million according to a ...
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El Salvador’s government "made mistakes” in its war against the country’s gangs, but has never undermined the country’s democracy to consolidate power, according to the man likely to be ...