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This R&D provides resources on El Salvador’s crime problem. The Central American nation had an average of 120 homicides per 100,000 population last year, making it the murder capital of the Americas. The country is struggling to control criminals and gangs, as the problem has sent refugees to the United States and other parts of Latin America.
#Gangs in #ElSalvador are gaining more influence, as total cost of related violence & extortion is ~16% of GDP pic.twitter.com/GLGicUADBL
— Prof. Steve Hanke (@steve_hanke) May 25, 2016
El Salvador’s murder rate dropped 42% in April compared with March. Here’s why https://t.co/jT6zVuMuw6 pic.twitter.com/mof3IuY96S
— Financial Times (@FT) May 25, 2016
El Salvador is arresting officials who helped gangs make peace https://t.co/Vj3cHE3fXd pic.twitter.com/4k5lf2HFm5
— New York Times World (@nytimesworld) May 21, 2016
In much of El Salvador, the government simply doesn’t rule. The gangs do. https://t.co/z5xIMmNiD4 pic.twitter.com/r5Wr9J0yy6
— The Intercept (@theintercept) May 19, 2016
El Salvador is waging a bloody war against its savage gang problem https://t.co/edF1OWtSHh pic.twitter.com/orW9S6db8b
— Financial Times (@FT) May 23, 2016
Gang violence has turned El Salvador into the world’s murder capital, with nearly 1 per hour https://t.co/vhfUQlEqKk pic.twitter.com/dQp3Dpj5NY
— ABC News (@ABC) May 18, 2016
A good youth orchestra program in El Salvador targets kids in high crime neighborhoods https://t.co/tTaw3x8emU via @Reuters
— Michael Paarlberg (@MPaarlberg) May 13, 2016
The scary realities of organised crime in Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador https://t.co/OJjITmiZSx pic.twitter.com/lM9KeOHnxT
— The Economist (@TheEconomist) April 26, 2016
#Breaking El Salvador reiterates opposition to gang dialogue Read More : https://t.co/wJzS8uqmp3
— PoliticsNext (@PoliticsNext) May 10, 2016
El Salvador arrests negotiators of gang truce in new get-tough policy https://t.co/FfGx6wz1xF
— Graciela Martínez (@gracielamargon) May 7, 2016