GUATEMALA CITY, Jul 13 (IPS) – After decades of harrowing gang crime, homicides have plunged in El Salvador on the watch of the new president, Nayib Bukele. Faced with the growth of the MS-13 and 18th Street gangs, previous governments resorted to “iron fist” policies to crush them, only to find these fuelled a backlash.
GUATEMALA CITY, Jul 13 (IPS) – After decades of harrowing gang crime, homicides have plunged in El Salvador on the watch of the new president, Nayib Bukele. Faced with the growth of the MS-13 and 18th Street gangs, previous governments resorted to “iron fist” policies to crush them, only to find these fuelled a backlash.Read the full story, “Miracle or Mirage? Gangs and Plunging Violence in El Salvador”, on globalissues.org →