El Salvador Claims Zero Murders in 300 Days Amid Gang Crackdown

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In just three years under President Nayib Bukele, El Salvador went from the murder capital of the world to reporting "zero murders in 300 days" thanks to a fierce crackdown on gangs which saw 64,000 suspected gang members rounded up and thrown in jail. A critic wrote that 90 people died in police custody in November 2022 and said that El Salvador is killing violent criminals while petty criminals are being imprisoned. The definition of homicide has been changed to exclude people who are killed by police, people who die in prison and people who die in confrontations with police. Despite the suspension of some constitutional rights, such as warrantless arrests and the shelving of  detainees' rights to a lawyer, 92% of the population supports the state of exception program.

A government official said that El Salvador’s state of emergency to combat gangs will be maintained until all criminals are captured.[/su_note.

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In just three years under President Nayib Bukele, El Salvador went from the murder capital of the world to reporting "zero murders in 300 days" thanks to a fierce crackdown on gangs which saw 64,000 suspected gang members rounded up and thrown in jail.

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Ragnar D.
Ragnar D.
1 month ago

Hmmm… I seem to remember that El Salvador became the first nation to adopt Bitcoin as its legal tender national currency. Consequently the economy of El Salvador is rapidly expanding as the nation enters a new era of prosperity. In contrast, fiat money systems allow the criminal banking interests to steal the people’s money and misuse it to implement dysfunctional social programs and endless wars which give us the dire predicament in which we in the Western world find ourselves today. Remember: Bitcoin equals peace, prosperity, and hope; fiat fake money equals poverty, despair, and suffering.