BBCNEWS Our July 6, 2024
country's media savvy president has declared war on gangs. imposing emergency security measures and giving police sweeping powers of arrest. thousands are now behind bars. and the country is transforming before people's irons. —— eyes. but there is a dark underside hidden from view. human rights groups are dismayed, as our relatives, as thousands have been arbitrarily arrested. peace may have come to el salvador but at what price? teacher aurelia has lived here for decades, soyapango in the district. more than 20 years ago, rival gangs, the ms—13 and the 18th street gang, took ...
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