VOA: El Salvador Declares State of Emergency Over Spike in Gang Killings
SAN SALVADOR, EL SALVADOR (AFP) — El Salvadoran lawmakers on Sunday declared a state of emergency at President Nayib Bukele’s request, expanding police powers and curtailing civil liberties as the country faces soaring gang-related bloodshed that has left dozens dead in just two days.
The small Central American nation has endured a fresh wave of gang violence, with police reporting 62 people killed on Saturday alone, and another 14 on Friday.
Armed with assault rifles and bulletproof vests, police and soldiers patrolled the streets Sunday, with the security cabinet announcing the capture of “more than 400 gang members” from Mara Salvatrucha (MS-13) and Barrio 18, which are accused of having unleashed a “wave of violence” in the country.
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