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El Salvador crackdown breaks the gangs – at huge cost to human rights

War on gangs by populist leader Nayib Bukele has produced extraordinary change, but ‘the cure could be as harmful as the disease’

The Guardian - US

El Salvador extends special powers in fight against gangs

El Salvador’s congress approved President Nayib Bukele’s request to extend the period of special powers for another month, meaning the country will go at least a full year with some fundamental rights suspended in fight against gangs

The Independent UK

El Salvador vows gang crackdown will go on as citizens cheer safer streets

El Salvador's state of emergency to combat gangs, which has widespread public support despite a growing prison population and allegations of human rights abuses, will be maintained until all criminals are captured, the country's security minister told Reuters.

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El Salvador bets safety on incarceration; unveils new prison

When El Salvador began making mass arrests of people with suspected gang affiliations last year, President Nayib Bukele ordered the construction of what would be the largest prison in Latin America

The Independent UK

Haiti needs help fighting gangs. El Salvador has had success and is offering help

Nearly two years after declaring war on his nation’s violent gangs, El Salvador President Nayib Bukele has seen his nation’s murder rate drop, his popularity soar and thousands of gang members put behind bars. Even pizza delivery has resumed in some once forbidden neighborhoods.

Miami Herald

Salvadoran environmental defenders detained for decades-old crimes

Activists worry the arrests are a move by the cash-strapped government to open the country to now banned metals mining

The Guardian - US

Honduras declares war against gangs – and for control of popular narrative

Xiomara Castro’s crackdown on gangs is also an attempt to counter allegations the government hasn’t done enough to combat crime

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In El Salvador, a tough anti-gang crackdown proves popular

Nine months into a state of emergency declared by President Nayib Bukele to fight street gangs, El Salvador has seen more than 1,000 documented human rights abuses and about 90 deaths of prisoners in custody

The Independent UK

El Salvador conducts anti-drug military operation on Christmas Eve

El Salvador started Christmas Eve with a military operation against drug dealers in a San Salvador community, the government said on Saturday, part of the country's controversial attempt to fight criminal gangs.

Reuters

El Salvador congress extends gang crackdown yet again

The congress of El Salvador has voted to extend President Nayib Bukele's emergency powers to crack down on gangs for yet another month

The Independent UK

El Salvador's war on gangs threatens civil liberties

Since March 27, El Salvador has been living under a state of emergency imposed by controversial young leader Nayib Bukele. The move aims to deal a blow to the criminal gangs who have made the small Central American country one of the most dangerous in the world. But this authoritarian…

France 24

U.S. sanctions officials close to El Salvador's Bukele for alleged corruption

The United States sanctioned several Central American officials it accused of possible corruption in their respective countries on Friday, including two politicians close to El Salvador's President Nayib Bukele.

Reuters

Report on Salvadoran gang crackdown details killings, other abuses

El Salvador's extended crackdown on the country's gangs has led to abuses, including at least 86 detainees deaths while in custody, many showing signs of torture, suggesting "state responsibility," according to an independent report released on Wednesday.

Reuters

Honduras partially suspends constitutional rights to tackle gangs

Plan will flood neighbourhoods subjected to extortion by criminal groups in two largest cities for next 30 days

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El Salvador has sent 10,000 police to seal off a town and search for gang members

The operation is one of the largest mobilizations yet in President Nayib Bukele's crackdown on street gangs.

France 24

El Salvador sends 10,000 troops to capital suburb in gang crackdown

The government of El Salvador sent 10,000 soldiers and police to seal off a town on the outskirts of the nation’s capital Saturday to search for gang members.

Daily Mirror

Whole town sealed off as 10,000 soldiers and cops launch hunt for gang members

The troops blocked roads going in and out of the township of Soyapango, El Salvador, and have been checking people's documents in one of the largest mobilsations yet

The Independent UK

El Salvador sends 10,000 police, army to seal off town

The government of El Salvador has sent 10,000 soldiers and police to seal off a town on the outskirts of the nation's capital to search for gang members

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El Salvador deploys 10,000 troops to gang-run capital suburb

El Salvador's President Nayib Bukele announced Saturday the deployment of 10,000 security forces to a suburb of San Salvador known to be a stronghold for gangs.

The Independent UK

El Salvador to repurchase more of its debt

El Salvador’s government will make a second buyback of its sovereign debt bonds maturing in 2023 and 2025 as it tries to calm market concerns that it could default on its debt

The Independent UK

El Salvador announces new anti-gang measures

The president of El Salvador has announced he will seal off sections of cities to search for street gang members, the latest phase in a tough nine-month-old anti-crime crackdown

Reuters

El Salvador's Bukele scales up anti-gang push with new deployments

Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele promised on Wednesday to tighten security around major cities, the latest escalation of an eight-month-old war against gang violence which human rights groups say is marred by unjustified detentions.

France 24

Nayib Bukele, El Salvador's autocratic president, takes on criminal gangs

In El Salvador, a state of emergency declared in March over widespread gang violence is still in place. The country's president, Nayib Bukele, has declared total war on ultra-violent criminal gangs, suspending constitutional rights in the process. Almost 60,000 people have been arrested since March, some as a result of…

The Guardian - US

China circles El Salvador’s economy as country edges toward crypto plunge

President Nayib Bukele bet on bitcoin and its tumbling value has put the Central American country in a financially precarious spot

Fortune

‘We’ll prove them all wrong.’ Crypto backers defend sector in the wake of FTX crash

Cryptocurrency could survive the current downturn, but even industry backers say regulators need to step in.

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