El Salvador Extends State of Emergency for the 24th Time – Two Years of Anti-Gang Hardcore Measures Brought About an Unprecedented Drop in Homicide Numbers
The security situation in El Salvador continues to improve remarkably despite constant MSM and NGO criticism.
There’s no disputing that the means by which President Nayib Bukele got rid of the gang power in El Salvador are pretty brutal.
Having said that, since no other leader with more ‘humane’ methods has ever managed to accomplish that same feat in similar situations, we are left with the distinct impression that these brutal means may very well be the only workable solution.
To that end, El Salvador’s Congress has granted a request by President for the 24th consecutive one-month extension of an anti-gang emergency decree.
The country has now spent two years under the decree,
