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“We have had more than seven years without gangs and many years without reporting acts of violence”: inhabitants in the Chalatenango siege — “Tenemos más de siete años sin pandillas y teníamos muchos años de no reportar hechos de violencia”: habitantes en cerco de Chalatenango

“We have had more than seven years without gangs and many years without reporting acts of violence”: inhabitants in the Chalatenango siege — “Tenemos más de siete años sin pandillas y teníamos muchos años de no reportar hechos de violencia”: habitantes en cerco de Chalatenango

Inhabitants of the areas surrounded by police and military in the department of Chalatenango maintain that this security measure has a political background and is a way to intimidate the organized communities in that area of the country. Since Sunday, March 24 in the...
Judge believes Salvadoran government officials commit crime of extortion by charging for packages during state of emergency — Juez considera que funcionarios del gobierno salvadoreño cometen delito de exacción por cobro de paquetes en régimen de excepción

Judge believes Salvadoran government officials commit crime of extortion by charging for packages during state of emergency — Juez considera que funcionarios del gobierno salvadoreño cometen delito de exacción por cobro de paquetes en régimen de excepción

The charges made to relatives of inmates to obtain essential products in prisons, the so-called “packages,” may be classified as the crime of extortion, says sentencing judge Juan Antonio Durán. “The State is committing the crime of extortion, which...