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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 ...
In El Salvador, 12 percent of recorded cases of violence against women actually involved perpetrators employed by the justice system - including judges, police officers, and lawyers. [23] Police officers have been reported to commit acts of violence against women frequently, especially on the migration outflow from the North Triangle of Central ...
Victims of sexual crimes in El Salvador are disproportionately women. Of the total 3,436 sexual abuse convictions in 2011, 88% of the victims were female. In 2011, there were 224 rape convictions, though many incidents are not reported due to social and cultural factors. [32] In 2016, El Salvador reported 524 femicides cases (one every 18 hours).
As gang violence is largely viewed as responsible for El Salvador’s high femicide rates, the crackdown has resulted in the defunding of numerous women's rights organizations across the country. No longer seen as necessary, the loss of these organizations has had detrimental effects on access to education and employment for Salvadoran women.
Relatives of people killed by guerrillas during El Salvador's 1980-1992 civil war demanded Friday that prosecutors investigate some former leftist rebels for crimes against humanity. El Salvador's ...
The 2011 Law for a Life Free of Violence against Women (Ley Especial Integral para una Vida Libre de Violencia para las Mujeres) contains 61 articles that criminalize various forms of violence against women, such as domestic violence, including marital rape, psychological abuse, and economical abuse. [11]
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El Salvador experienced a reduction in migration in 2017, but some Salvadorans continue to leave their country due to hardships facing their country. In El Salvador, poverty and gangs drive ...