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The human rights organization Cristosal said Wednesday that at least 261 people have died in prisons in El Salvador during President Nayib Bukele's 2 1/2-year-old crackdown on street gangs. Under ...
The Salvadoran gang crackdown, referred to in El Salvador as the régimen de excepción ( Spanish for state of exception) [ 3 ] and the guerra contra las pandillas (Spanish for war against gangs ), [ 4 ] began in March 2022 in response to a crime spike between 25 and 27 March 2022, when 87 people were killed in El Salvador.
The COVID-19 pandemic in El Salvador was a part of the worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 ( COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 ( SARS-CoV-2 ). The virus was confirmed to have reached El Salvador on 18 March 2020. [4] As of 19 September 2021, El Salvador reported 102,024 cases, 3,114 deaths, and ...
www .pnc .gob .sv. The National Civil Police of El Salvador ( Spanish: Policía Nacional Civil de El Salvador ), also known as PNC, is the national civilian police of El Salvador. Although the National Civil Police is not part of the Armed Forces of El Salvador (Army, Navy, and Air Force), it constitutes along with them the "Civilian Force". [1]
A rights report released Tuesday says the government of El Salvador has arrested 3,319 underage suspects and sentenced 579 to prison terms during the harsh 2 1/2 year-old crackdown on street gangs.
The blockade of the Cabañas Department (Spanish: Cerco Cabañas) was a military operation in El Salvador during the Salvadoran gang crackdown which started on 1 August 2023, when Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele announced that 7,000 soldiers of the Armed Forces of El Salvador (FAES) and 1,000 police officers of the National Civil Police (PNC) had surrounded the department of Cabañas to ...
Crime in El Salvador has been historically extremely high due to the presence of various gangs. As of 2011, there were an estimated 25 000 gang members at large in El Salvador; with another 43 500 in prison. [1] The best-known gangs, called maras in colloquial Salvadoran Spanish, are Mara Salvatrucha ( MS-13) and their rivals 18th Street; maras ...
The Primera División of the Liga de Fútbol Profesional ( Professional Football League ), more commonly known as La Liga Mayor or La Primera, is the top professional football league in El Salvador. [1] It was established in 1969, and in 2011 had 10 clubs. Initially the league was run as a year-long tournament, but since 1998 there are two ...