El Salvador gang truce

El Salvador gang members

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El Salvador Gangs Call on New Government to Revive Truce

by Marguerite Cawley 6 Jun 201424 Apr 2023

Migrants on "The Beast" in Mexico

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MS13 Expanding After Truce Collapse in El Salvador?

by Marguerite Cawley 2 Jun 201424 Apr 2023

The bus on which 6 people were killed May 23 -

How El Salvador’s Security Ministry Dismantled Truce, Unleashed Mayhem

by Carlos Martinez and Jose Luis Sanz 28 May 201424 Apr 2023

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El Salvador President Presents More Nuanced View of Recent Gang Violence

by Charles Parkinson 28 Apr 201424 Apr 2023

El Salvador's Justice and Security Minister, Ricardo Perdomo

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Is El Salvador’s Revamped Truce Plan a Political Stunt?

by Armando Cordoba 21 Apr 201424 Apr 2023

Gang members accused of murdering a policeman in January

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El Salvador to Wield Terror Laws Against Gangs

by James Bargent 16 Apr 201424 Apr 2023

El Salvador Security Minister Ricardo Perdomo

2 Divergent Views on El Salvador Gang Truce, 1 Sad Conclusion

by Steven Dudley 15 Apr 201424 Apr 2023

Mourners at the funeral of murdered police officer

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Ambushes of Police Fuel Fears Over El Salvador Gang Sophistication

by James Bargent 8 Apr 201424 Apr 2023

Archbishop of San Salvador Jose Luis Escobar

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San Salvador Archbishop: Gang Truce ‘Did Not Work’

by James Bargent 31 Mar 201424 Apr 2023

Crude Weapons Given Up By Gangs in El Salvador

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Approach with Caution Report on El Salvador’s Gangs ‘Readying for War’

by Seth Robbins 18 Mar 201424 Apr 2023

Members of the Barrio 18 gang in El Salvador

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El Salvador Gang Leaders Keen to Maintain Faltering Truce

by Mimi Yagoub 16 Mar 201424 Apr 2023

Salvador Sanchez Ceren (right center)

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What do Tight Presidential Elections Mean for Security in El Salvador?

by Seth Robbins 11 Mar 201424 Apr 2023

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