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By the end of 27 March, Salvadoran security forces claimed to have detained 576 people; [35] within a week, almost 6,000 people had been arrested, straining El Salvador's already-overcrowded prisons. [36] Nevertheless, the government pressured the police, military, and judicial system to continue the mass arrests by setting arrest quotas. [39]
The blockade of Soyapango was a Salvadoran government operation to arrest criminal gang members of Mara Salvatrucha (MS-13) and 18th Street gang in the city of Soyapango. The operation began on 3 December 2022 when Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele announced that 10,000 members of the country's security forces surrounded the city. As of January ...
The blockade of San Marcos is an operation by the Salvadoran government to arrest members of the criminal gangs of the Mara Salvatrucha and Mara Barrio 18 in the district of San Marcos. The operation began on October 28, 2024, when the Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele announced that 2,500 members of the country's security forces surrounded the ...
A judge in San Miguel, El Salvador, issued an arrest warrant for him on Aug. 7, 2018, for aggravated homicide and participating in a terrorist organization, ICE said, without detailing the crimes.
The government of El Salvador said Monday it has arrested more than 1,000 gang suspects after a wave of killings over the weekend. President Nayib Bukele ordered food for gang members held in ...
SAN SALVADOR (Reuters) - Salvadoran police arrested more than a hundred Colombians for their alleged involvement in operating a microfinancing scheme that laundered money from drug running and ...
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 result: El Salvador has imprisoned 70,000 people it says are “associated with gangs” within two years. But with so many arrests, how can the country ensure that everyone they catch is a ...