Two of the most violent days in El Salvador’s recent history took place last week on March 25 and 26, when warring criminal gangs killed 76 people in the Central American nation. Since then more than 2,000 crime syndicate members have been arrested after Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele declared a state of emergency that was granted by congress on March 27. On the following day, Bukele told the battling lawbreakers to “stop killing now,” threatening that their fellow incarcerated gang members would pay the price. That same day, the head of state referred to a group of criminals as “idiots” on Twitter after three gang members were apprehended during a shoot-out with the police. The March killings topped the three-day spree of gang murders in the country last November, which culminated in the murder of 46 people. El Salvador has a history of entrenched criminal groups with international influence. Worse yet, some …
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