El Salvador Flirts with ‘Mano Dura’ Security Policies Again
Written by Héctor Silva Ãvalos-
June 21, 2019
El Salvador's new president Nayib Bukele has sent both the military and police into the streets to secure municipalities under gang control
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The new administration of El Salvador President Nayib Bukele has already shown that it will adopt hardline measures to combat the MS13 and Barrio 18 street gangs — measures that have largely failed past governments.
In April, then president-elect Bukele promised that on his first day in office his government would present an integrated plan to combat delinquency. Bukele, however, ultimately outlined a series of broad security policies during a short press conference on June 18.
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https://www.insightcrime.org/news/analysis/corruption-gangs-el-salvador-nayib-bukeles-1st-challenges/
So, the above is their president, quite different than what we'd normally be accustomed to.
