GameChangers 2022: El Salvador's Gang Crackdown Has Steep Human Rights Cost
BARRIO 18 /
26 DEC 2022
El Salvador's ruthless gang crackdown has led to mass incarceration and human rights abuses. But will it be replicated elsewhere?…
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BARRIO 18 /
6 DEC 2022
The escalation of El Salvador's gang crackdown in the city of Soyapango has raised severe questions as to whether gang members are really still being rooted out.
BARRIO 18 /
29 NOV 2022
Honduras declared a state of exception as extortion cases rise, suspending constitutional rights in cities and deploying thousands of troops.
EL SALVADOR /
31 OCT 2022
Rodolfo Delgado, El Salvador's Attorney General, may have worrying connections to Jorge Manuel Vega Knight, an alleged money launderer and MS13 collaborator…
CRIMINAL MIGRATION /
12 OCT 2022
US and Guatemalan authorities will tell you Moises Humberto Rivera Luna, alias "Viejo Santos," is a top member of the Mara Salvatrucha (MS13). But is he?…
CRIMINAL MIGRATION /
6 OCT 2022
El Salvador will hold off on extraditing a top MS13 gang leader to the United States to face terrorism charges.
BARRIO 18 /
14 SEP 2022
In the mountains of Michoacán, Mexico, Carlos was trained to become a ruthless soldier for the Cárteles Unidos.
BARRIO 18 /
26 JUL 2022
Almost four months into a nationwide crackdown, El Salvador's government has failed to disarm its notorious street gangs.
CRIMINAL MIGRATION /
19 JUL 2022
Amid El Salvador's brutal anti-gang crackdown, one top MS13 leader was escorted out of the country by a government official.
EL SALVADOR /
14 JUL 2022
A turnaround in El Salvador’s position on extraditing gang members has come amid US pressure and rumblings in the criminal underworld.
BARRIO 18 /
15 JUN 2022
El Salvador has arrested over 40,000 alleged gang members. This seems shocking but it is not without precedent in the country.
EL SALVADOR /
15 JUN 2022
El Salvador's sweeping crackdown, which has seen over 30,000 people arrested, may in fact drive many desperate young people straight into the arms of the gangs.
EL SALVADOR /
15 JUN 2022
Flaca was devoted to the MS13. But after suffering violence, abuse and rape, she turned to the one escape open to her: religion…
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