Barrio 18

Brief

FBI to Train Anti-Extortion Unit in El Salvador

by Elyssa Pachico 15 Mar 201224 Apr 2023

Are Central America’s ‘Maras’ Spreading South?

by Geoffrey Ramsey 13 Mar 201224 Apr 2023

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El Salvador Govt Blames Murder Spike on Anti-Gang Drive

by Hannah Stone 21 Feb 201224 Apr 2023

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Murders of Soldiers Add Weight to ‘Gang Conspiracy’ in El Salvador

by Geoffrey Ramsey 15 Feb 201224 Apr 2023

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El Salvador Proposes Curfew, Militarized Schools

by Christopher Looft 3 Feb 201224 Apr 2023

The Iron Fist Returns to El Salvador

by Hannah Stone 2 Feb 201224 Apr 2023

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El Salvador Transfers 1,000 Inmates to Break Up New Gang

by Christopher Looft 31 Jan 201224 Apr 2023

Are El Salvador’s Gangs Plotting to ‘Take Down the System’?

by Geoffrey Ramsey 25 Jan 201224 Apr 2023

Honduras: Home to the New Ciudad Juarez?

by Geoffrey Ramsey 17 Jan 201224 Apr 2023

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Surge in Disappearances Reflects Gang Violence in El Salvador

by Hannah Stone 11 Jan 201224 Apr 2023

Counting the Amount of Cocaine Passing Through El Salvador

by Elyssa Pachico 3 Jan 201224 Apr 2023

El Salvador: The New Disappeared

by Hannah Stone 5 Oct 201124 Apr 2023

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