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The conditions in El Salvador prisons are bad.
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Head to head in prison – social distancing impossible.
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Because the murder rate in El Salvador has risen sharply, President Nayib Bukele allows gang members to be killed.
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Now he is also in jail: arch enemies of various criminal gangs are put in the same cells.
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With this, the head of state wants to interrupt the communication among the gang members.
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Last weekend, over 50 people were murdered in the Central American country of El Salvador – the highest murder rate in over a year. Brutal gangs are responsible for this. This includes the «MS13», probably the most dangerous gang in the world.
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As a result of the series of violence, head of state Nayib Bukele (38) took strict measures on Sunday to combat the gangs. It allows police and military to kill gang members.
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Firing order for police
«The police and the armed forces must set priorities to protect their lives, that of their colleagues and the citizen. The use of lethal force is permitted for self-defense or to save the lives of Salvadorans, »Bukele writes on Twitter on Sunday. The gangs would take advantage of the corona crisis, the president added.
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Bukele is also cracking down in the country’s prisons: According to Reuters, arch-enemies of various criminal gangs will now be locked in the same cells. This is intended to interrupt communication between members of the same group.
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Now pictures show frightening first results. In the Izalco prison, where many gang chiefs are detained. Prison guards cram the prisoners there like cattle – coronavirus or not. (sib)
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