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The Territorial Control Plan (Spanish: Plan Control Territorial, abbreviated PCT) is an ongoing Salvadoran security and anti-gang program. The program consists of six phases and a potential seventh phase if phases one through six are unsuccessful. [ 1 ]
Shortly after being sworn in as minister of defense, Merino promised that he would develop a strategy to combat crime and street gangs in El Salvador. [7] On 20 June 2019, the Salvadoran government announced the beginning of the Territorial Control Plan, a seven phase security program aimed at combating combating crime and street gangs. [8]
On March 27, 2022, the government of El Salvador, chaired by Nayib Bukele since June 1, 2019, declared a state of national emergency after recording a significant increase in homicides. Between March 25 and 27, 87 murders were reported, which represented the highest number of violent deaths in a weekend since the Salvadoran civil war ended in 1992.
In December 2022, the municipality of Soyapango inside the San Salvador Department was besieged by 8500 soldiers and 1500 police officers during the blockade of Soyapango after the announcement of the fifth phase of Bukele's "Territorial Control Plan". In the same month La Granjita and Tutunichapa were also fenced off to hunt for drug traffickers.
El Salvador’s extended emergency response, part of its Territorial Control Plan, has created a nationwide “state of exception” under which the Salvadoran government has included ...
Upon becoming director, Arriaza promised that police officers would be "in the entire territory" ("estar en todo el territorio") of El Salvador to combat crime. [5] On 19 June, Bukele's security ministers announced the beginning of the Territorial Control Plan, a nationwide government anti-gang campaign.
On 9 February 2020, Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele ordered forty soldiers to enter the Legislative Assembly to pressure its deputies to vote in favor of requesting a $109 million loan from the United States in order to support his Territorial Control Plan, a law enforcement measure against crime in El Salvador.
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