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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.
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, [56] Mexico, Guatemala, or Honduras, [57] 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. [58]
El Salvador's notorious Terrorism Confinement Center has been hailed as the nation's solution to rampant gang violence, but human rights groups have slammed its alleged inhumane treatment of its ...
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).
Referring to two of the region's most notorious transnational crime gangs, Rubio added that El Salvador would also take in deported migrants and "criminals from any nationality, be the MS-13 or ...
New rules passed by El Salvador’s congress Wednesday will allow courts to try accused gang members in mass trials, in an effort to expedite tens of thousands of cases for those detained under ...
A map of El Salvador. ... Over 50,000, medium to low urbanization, or departmental capital. ... List of cities in El Salvador.
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 ...