Three months after the government passed a tough new law criminalizing gang membership, El Salvadors Attorney General has yet to enforce it. Despite criticism from the press and other governmental…
The Salvadorean government has dismissed 330 prison staff members since Friday, in an attempt to crack down on gang activity.
The United Nations and U.S. Southern Command estimate there are approximately 70,000 gang members, or so-called maras, most of them concentrated in the Northern Triangle: 36,000 in Honduras, 10,500 in…
After the July 24 death of a Salvadoran policeman on a ranch in Mexico along the US border that Mexican authorities say was controlled by the Zetas criminal syndicate, ElSalvador.com…
El Salvador's hard-line law against gang activity officially took effect on Sunday, although the Attorney General's Office told La Prensa Grafica the legislation is not yet being enforced due…
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