How Bukele’s War on Gangs Transformed El Salvador
El Salvador · Latin America + Caribbean region
Single-source report, not yet corroborated. <p><a href="https://insightcrime.org/news/how-bukele-war-gangs-transformed-el-salvador/">How Bukele’s War on Gangs Transformed El Salvador</a></p>
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<p>El Salvador President Nayib Bukele’s offensive against gangs severely weakened the Mara Salvatrucha (MS13) and Barrio 18 and turned his security strategy into a model replicated in other Latin American countries. But at what cost?</p>
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