El Salvador arrests over 9,000 suspected gang members, President Bukele says, amid state of emergency and a spike in violence in the Central American country
President Nayib Bukele says"war against gangs" will continue, a month after he invoked emergency powers to suspend some constitutional rights to crackdown on gangs engaged in drug trafficking and extortion.
El Salvador's authorities arrested a total of 9,120"gang members" since the beginning of the"war against gangs," officials say. Authorities in El Salvador have arrested more than 9,000 suspected gang members in the past 15 days, President Nayib Bukele announced, amid a state of emergency pushed by the president after a spike in homicides.the president on Sunday, who has been criticised by local and international humanitarian organisations for alleged human rights violations.
For its part, the National Civil Police reported on Twitter that "507 terrorists" were captured on Saturday.