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Blinken condemns El Salvador

artappraiser — Mon, 11 Apr 2022 06:46:59 +0000

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Blinken condemns El Salvador law limiting reporting on gangs #NewsBreak https://t.co/ZzM78IiXlk
— brian young (@brianyo01113475) April 11, 2022

Despite extradition requests

artappraiser — Mon, 11 Apr 2022 00:09:55 +0000

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Despite extradition requests by the United States, prison records show that four MS13 leaders in El Salvador were released from prison between July 2021 and January 2022. https://t.co/AAJaoQjzeh
— InSight Crime (@InSightCrime) April 11, 2022

Meanwhile in Honduras :

artappraiser — Tue, 29 Mar 2022 22:07:05 +0000

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Meanwhile in Honduras :

After the Honduran Supreme Court ratified a judge’s decision to extradite former President Juan Orlando Hernández yesterday, it appears he will soon be on a plane to the US. In this #CriminalThread, we take a quick look at Hernández’s undoing over the past year. pic.twitter.com/XnIdtyOyug
— InSight Crime (@InSightCrime) March 29, 2022

Instead of just retweeting

artappraiser — Tue, 29 Mar 2022 09:14:45 +0000

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Instead of just retweeting this "abolitionist" video on how one should approach a problem like the Chris Rock/Will Smith Oscars story, what if official Black Lives Matter could convince him to go to El Salvador and apply his magic there? I mean it's so simple, just solve a whole country's problems if they had someone like this there! Once again, don't mention the word "violence", abolish police and prisons, talk amongst yourselves, and then guns, gangs, tribalists and opportunists will magically disappear.VOILA! Kumbaya!

#WillAndChris : An Abolitionist Response pic.twitter.com/jKJPccLkNU
— richie reseda (@RichieReseda) March 28, 2022

excerpt from the NYTimes

artappraiser — Tue, 29 Mar 2022 07:46:52 +0000

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excerpt from the NYTimes report by Maria Abi-Habib and Bryan Avelar

[....] The violence threatens to tarnish the record of President Nayib Bukele, El Salvador’s charismatic young leader, whose approval ratings are some of the highest in the world, hovering around 85 percent. Mr. Bukele, 40, campaigned on the promise of bringing law and order to El Salvador’s streets, some of the world’s most violent, and since taking office nearly three years ago he had seemed to be making good on that pledge.

However, the reduction in violence may not have been the fruit of Mr. Bukele’s security policies, but of a clandestine deal between the government and the gangs that was apparently cobbled together shortly after he was elected president, as was first revealed by the media outlet El Faro in September 2020.

In December, the U.S. Treasury Department slapped sanctions on top Salvadoran officials, including the vice minister of justice and public security, for their roles negotiating “a secret truce with gang leadership.”

Mr. Bukele has denied those accusations and has championed his tough approach as the reason homicides have fallen dramatically.

Now, analysts and an American official say, that agreement may be falling apart.

Under these secret negotiations, according to the Treasury Department, the government provided financial incentives to the gangs and preferential treatment for gang leaders in prison, such as access to mobile phones and prostitutes. In exchange, the gangs apparently promised to cut down on gang violence and homicides.

Mr. Bukele is the latest in a long string of Salvadoran presidents accused of negotiating with gangs and giving them incentives to keep the peace. The tactic has been used by successive governments to win elections and appeal to a population that is tired of the never-ending violence.

A resident in the capital, San Salvador, said he woke up Saturday to an explosion of gang activity, shouts, gunshots and violence after having enjoyed a few years of relative peace since Mr. Bukele was elected in 2019.

His neighbor, a young man, was killed Saturday morning as he went out to buy bread for his family in their neighborhood, controlled by MS-13. On Sunday, soldiers and police officers swarmed the area, restoring order.

“This is always the case: Homicides rise and operations are strong and soldiers walk in” after the violence is over, said Marvin, 34, who asked that his last name not be published since he lives in a gang-controlled neighborhood [....]

El Salvador’s parliament has

artappraiser — Tue, 29 Mar 2022 07:37:07 +0000

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El Salvador’s parliament has approved a state of emergency after at least 62 murders in a single day on Saturday. Here’s a look at what’s going on pic.twitter.com/LJguvMf4hQ
— Al Jazeera English (@AJEnglish) March 28, 2022

El Salvador declares a state of emergency after 62 homicides attributed to gangs in a single day, making it the most violent 24 hours period since the civil war from 1979 to 1992, El Salvador is he country with the highest homicide rate by 100,000 people in the entire world. pic.twitter.com/cqL4StotpD
— Angry Baguette Noises (@BremondMatthieu) March 27, 2022

Police in El Salvador used emergency powers to round up nearly 600 suspected gang members after criminals unleashed a killing spree over the weekend that spread terror across the nation https://t.co/ZD4rb75HhZ
— Bloomberg (@business) March 28, 2022

The government of El Salvador declared a state of emergency and locked down prisons after 87 killings were committed over the weekend. https://t.co/T7tOcee8PF
— Munaf Mughal (@iMughalMunaf) March 29, 2022

.@euronews Police reported a total of 62 homicides on Saturday in the nation of some 6.5 million people. It was the highest daily toll of homicides so far this century, according to @celiamedrano15 , a longtime human rights advocate. https://t.co/G6ntUeFiQl
— celiamedrano (@celiamedrano15) March 29, 2022