SOYAPANGO, El Salvador (AP) — With semiautomatic weapons pressed to their chest, a pack of camouflage-clad police officers marches through rows of small brick homes winding up hills on the fringes of ...
Two years since President Nayib Bukele announced a “war against gangs” in El Salvador, the country has gone through rapid change. Agustín, not his real name, was 16 when Bukele made the announcement.
The two most famous exports of El Salvador are rivals. Unfortunately, they are also ferocious gangs: Mara 18 and the Mara Salvatrucha. They have exported their gang culture — learned by expatriates ...
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