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El Salvador is gradually filling its new mega prison with alleged gang members
Associated Press via AOL· 8 months agoWith tattoo-covered faces, and wearing white shirts and shorts, gang members captured during El...
They left gangs and found God. But they weren't spared in El Salvador's crackdown
LA Times via Yahoo News· 1 year agoEl Salvador's evangelical churches rehabilitated ex-gang members. The country's crackdown on...
El Salvador Builds Giant Prison Complex for 40,000 Gang Members
Bloomberg via Yahoo Finance· 2 years ago(Bloomberg) -- El Salvador is building a giant prison with space for 40,000 gang members, President...
Prison deaths mount in El Salvador's gang crackdown
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 2 years agoJesús Joya says his brother was “special” -- at 45, he was childlike, eager to please. “Henry, you’re going to get out,” Jesús shouted. Three weeks...
El Salvador fights gangs by destroying members' tombstones
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 2 years agoEl Salvador’s government took its efforts against the country’s powerful street gangs to another...
El Salvador opens 40,000-person prison as arrests soar in gang crackdown
Reuters via Yahoo News· 1 year agoAuthorities in El Salvador have opened one of Latin America's largest prisons, more than doubling...
El Salvador vows gang crackdown will go on as citizens cheer safer streets
Reuters via Yahoo News· 1 year agoEl Salvador's state of emergency to combat gangs, which has widespread public support despite a...
El Salvador bets safety on incarceration; unveils new prison
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 1 year agoWhen El Salvador began making mass arrests of people with suspected gang affiliations last year,...
War on gangs forges new El Salvador. But the price is steep.
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 1 year agoStepping foot in La Campanera, once one of El Salvador's bloodiest neighborhoods, would have been...
El Salvador extends special powers in fight against gangs
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 1 year agoEl Salvador’s congress has approved President Nayib Bukele’s request to extend the period of special...