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Ongoing — COVID-19 pandemic in El Salvador. 31 January: The Terrorism Confinement Center was open to hold inmates. [1] 6 June: The Legislative Assembly of El Salvador votes to reduce the number of legislative seats from 84 to 60 ahead of the 2024 general election. [2]
As of 5 January 2025, over 83,900 people accused of having gang affiliations have been arrested, [6] which has overcrowded El Salvador's prisons and has led the country to have the highest incarceration rate in the world by 2023. [8] As of 16 May 2023, 5,000 people who were arrested have been released. [9]
Protests against re-election occurred in San Salvador, El Salvador on 1 May 2023 and 15 September 2023. In two protest marches, protesters marched from the Cuscatlán Park and the Rosales Hospital to the Gerardo Barrios Plaza in protest of the Salvadoran gang crackdown and President Nayib Bukele's re-election campaign.
The prison was built in late 2022 amidst a large-scale gang crackdown in El Salvador and was opened by the Salvadoran government in January 2023. CECOT received its first 2,000 prisoners in February 2023, and as of 11 June 2024 [update] , it has a population of 14,532 inmates. [ 2 ]
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 ...
As of 11 September 2023, the PNC has recorded a total of 142 homicides in 2023. [85] Within two months of the Territorial Control Plan being implemented, the PNC reported that it had arrested over 5,000 people. [59] As of 15 September 2023, over 72,000 people have been arrested during the gang crackdown, 7,000 of whom have since been released. [85]
28 October – A joint military-police operation involving 2,500 security personnel is launched to find suspected gang members in the 10 de Octubre neighborhood of San Salvador. [ 14 ] 30 October – The Legislative Assembly of El Salvador approves a proposal to send soldiers to Haiti as part of the United Nations Multinational Security Support ...
2023 in El Salvador; C. Blockade of the Cabañas Department; M. Miss Grand El Salvador 2023; Miss Universe 2023; N. Blockade of Nueva Concepción; S. Salvadoran gang ...