mara salvatrucha

EspañolUnlike the rest of El Salvador, the small town of Berlín has succeed in keeping the ruthless maras under control. And it's not because they built a wall like that which used to divide the German city with the same name. On…
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EspañolStreet gangs in El Salvador murdered 125 people in the span of three days, marking the bloodiest week in the history of the Central American nation. Authorities say that the murders took place between August 16 and August 18,…
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After what was one of the bloodiest weeks in El Salvador since the 1980s civil war, on August 24 the Supreme Court of El Salvador declared street gangs such as MS-13 and Barrio 18 and their financial backers to be terrorists. The…
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EspañolCriminal gangs have been a recurring problem in El Salvador. Both the Mara Salvatrucha (M-S13) and Barrio 18 have caused immeasurable suffering to Salvadorans. Yet earlier in April, both groups claimed that they would reduce murders…
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EspañolEl Salvador's outgoing President Mauricio Funes acknowledged on Monday that the gang truce that cut the country's murders by half for nearly two years has collapsed. The March 2012 peace agreement between the Mara Salvatrucha and…
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