|
2020-04-29 Caribbean-Latin America
|
|
El Salvador's President Takes On The Country's Gangs Amid Coronavirus Pandemic
|
[NPR.ORG] El Salvador's president authorized the country's police and military to use lethal force against gang members, who over the weekend were allegedly responsible for the murders of dozens of people. Along with the emergency orders, President Nayib Bukele put all incarcerated gang members on a 24-hour shutdown.
Bukele says the gangs are taking advantage of the police focus on enforcing the coronavirus lockdown instead of battling criminal elements. Lethal force can be used in self-defense or to protect the lives of Salvadorans, he says.
Fifty-three people were killed over the weekend, with 29 murdered on Sunday alone, a new one-day record for homicides since Bukele swept into office last June pledging to reduce the killings. Murders had dropped dramatically in March, as El Salvador enacted some of the most restrictive lockdown measures in the region to combat COVID-19.
Bukele says gang leaders ordered the murders from inside prisons. He spent much of Monday, tweeting pictures of workers boarding up prison cells and says the gang members will no longer see sunlight and will be housed with rivals. He warned the gangsters will regret for the rest of their lives having made the decision to order the murders.
|
Posted by Fred 2020-04-29 00:00||
||
Front Page|| [6 views ]
Top
File under: Narcos
|
|
Posted by Skidmark 2020-04-29 07:40||
2020-04-29 07:40||
Front Page
Top
|
|
Posted by Gomez Hapsburg1959 2020-04-29 07:45||
2020-04-29 07:45||
Front Page
Top
|
|
12:58 Remoteman
12:52 NoMoreBS
12:49 Frank G
12:35 mossomo
12:35 Cesare
12:30 swksvolFF
12:21 swksvolFF
12:19 swksvolFF
12:13 Grom the Reflective
12:10 Airandee
12:01 Super Hose
11:56 swksvolFF
11:56 Angstrom
11:55 SteveS
11:49 Elmerert Hupens2660
11:43 Besoeker
11:41 M. Murcek
11:38 NN2N2
11:36 Skidmark
11:26 Besoeker
11:25 Abu Uluque
11:25 Deacon+Blues
11:21 Besoeker
11:17 Besoeker
|
