{"id":55800,"date":"2024-03-17T13:04:43","date_gmt":"2024-03-17T20:04:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=55800"},"modified":"2024-03-17T13:21:26","modified_gmt":"2024-03-17T20:21:26","slug":"a-stone-cold-solution-to-el-salvadors-gang-problem-that-has-brought-praise-and-criticism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=55800","title":{"rendered":"A Stone-Cold Solution to El Salvador&#8217;s Gang Problem That Has Brought Praise and Criticism"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"La C\u00c1RCEL para PANDILLEROS de Nayib Bukele: CECOT\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/unG1bWGncdk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Some of the best reports about the gang problem in El Salvador:<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Here is some background on the gangs according to published reports:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">The president of El Salvador, Nayib Bukele, initiated a rigorous crackdown on gang members in March 2022 following a brutal gang massacre that left 87 people dead. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">This crackdown was part of a declared state of emergency, granting emergency powers to security forces to arrest tens of thousands of suspected gang members and collaborators. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">The government&#8217;s measures were a response to the overwhelming gang violence, specifically aimed at the Mara Salvatrucha (MS-13) and two factions of the 18th Street (Barrio 18) gang, which had long terrorized communities with extortion and murder\u200b\u200b\u200b, according to news reports.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">As of the information available, over 64,000 suspects have been arrested in this anti-crime drive.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"EL SALVADOR y NAYIB BUKELE: \u00bfUn Nuevo Pa\u00eds?\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/jPRIzJzdMLY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\"> The arrested individuals were taken to a newly opened &#8220;mega-prison,&#8221; known as the Terrorism Confinement Center in Tecoluca, which can house up to 40,000 inmates. T<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">his facility is part of Bukele&#8217;s controversial but popular push against gang-related activities, which has seen a significant increase in El Salvador&#8217;s prison population. 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