Associated Press- Rival Salvadoran gangs yesterday announced an expansion of the terms of a truce as the Central American country grapples with a plague of violent crime that threatens to sweep the nation. Representatives from El Salvador’s notorious Mara Salvatrucha and Mara 18 gangs told the media that the country’s… read more »
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Archive for the ‘El Salvador News’ Category
April 25, 2012
Building on success: How El Salvador is trying to keep gang violence down
Hannah Stone, Christian Science Monitor-After a truce between warring gangs cut murders in El Salvador by half last month, the government is moving to consolidate its security gains through work opportunities for ex-gang members – but this will prove more difficult than brokering the peace deal. Last week, El Salvador’s government announced… read more »
April 15, 2012
El Salvador marks murder-free day
Reuters- No one was murdered in El Salvador on Saturday in what was the first homicide-free day in nearly three years for the Central American country plagued by violent drug gangs, according to officials. “After years when the number of murders reached alarming levels of up to 18 per day,… read more »
April 12, 2012
Salvador Church Seeks Gang Agreement to Cut Extortion
Tatiana Faramarzi, InSight Crime- Salvadoran Justice and Security Minister David Munguia Payes (pictured) has claimed that the Catholic Church is in the midst of expanding the truce it brokered between leaders of the MS-13 and Barrio 18 gangs to include address extortion. Although homicides have fallen dramatically since the truce… read more »
April 10, 2012
El gobierno aleja a los soldados de las labores de registro en todas las cárceles
Roberto Valencia y Daniel Valencia Cervantes, El Faro- La Fuerza Armada ya no es, desde mediados de la Semana Santa, la encargada de evitar que ingresen ilícitos en los centros penales. El gobierno, a través del director de Centros Penales, justifica el retiro por razones humanitarias, pero llega apenas dos… read more »
April 6, 2012
El Salvador government pledges to protect El Faro
Carlos Lauría, Committee to Protect Journalists- “El Salvador is committed to guaranteeing the safety of El Faro and its staff so they can continue their investigative work,” David Rivas, spokesman for President Mauricio Funes Cartagena, told CPJ in a recent phone conversation. The government’s pledge came aftergroundbreaking reporting by the digital newspaper… read more »
March 24, 2012
Homicides in El Salvador Dip, and Questions Arise
Randal C. Archibold, New York Times- Suddenly, killings have plummeted in El Salvador, one of the most violent countries in Central America and a source of growing worry over gangs and organized crime. But the possibility that the reduction in violence resulted from a secret deal between the government and… read more »
March 23, 2012
El Salvador Gangs Confirm Truce
Hannah Stone, In Sight Crime-Representatives of the rival MS-13 and Barrio-18 gangs in El Salvador have confirmed the existence of a truce between them, negotiated with the help of the Church. Raul Mijango, a former congressman who says he acted as a mediator in talks between jailed leaders of the… read more »
March 21, 2012
Salvadoran news website threatened for its reporting
CPJ- The editor of the Salvadoran news website El Faro says his staff members have been followed after the site reported on a criminal network involving politicians. In addition, he said a senior government official told the staff last week that gang members were angered by coverage of alleged ties… read more »
March 16, 2012
El Salvador’s government announces $50 monthly pensions for elderly former rebel fighters
AP- El Salvador’s government is giving $50-per-month pensions to thousands of elderly former leftist rebels who fought in the country’s 1980-1992 civil war. The office of President Mauricio Funes says more than 2,600 former rebels over age 70 will get the pension. A survey has identified 25,401 former combatants of… read more »
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