AT THE Instituto de Medicina Legal in San Salvador distraught
families arrive at the morgue to pick up the bodies of loved ones
brutally cut down in a city torn apart by gang violence.
Staff at the morgue are sometimes so inundated with the dead they are not able to perform autopsies.
“We
are living in a time that one has to see, hear and shut up,” said a San
Salvadoran whose brother was killed. He does not wish to be identified
for fear of sharing his brother’s fate.
One person is killed every
hour in El Salvador with most of the homicides taking place in the
capital city San Salvador. In 2015, more than 6500 people were killed,
which is 17 times above the global average homicide rate.
Murders jumped in January and February 2016 by 117.6 per cent from the 643 reported in the same period of 2015.
“In
these two months we have a national average of 24 homicides a day which
continues to be a major challenge for police operations,” said Howard
Cotto, director of the Salvadoran National Police.
A street war raging between rival gangs, Mara Salvatrucha (or MS13)
and Barrio 18, is being singled out as one of the main causes of the
violence in the capital.
It is estimated that in El Salvador there
are 55,000 active gang members, not including another 415,000 who are
affiliated with the gangs, including gang family members, friends and
helpers.
El Salvador is part of the “Northern Triangle”, a region including
Guatemala, and Honduras that for the past decade has consistently ranked
among the most deadly in the world. And now, El Salvador has taken over
from Honduras as the most violent country not at war.
President
Salvador Sanchez Ceren has declared a state of emergency at prisons
across the country as they also consider strict wider measures to combat
gang violence, but it’s not yet clear what can be done to actually stem
the violence.
http://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/real-life/news-life/inside-the-new-murder-capital-of-the-world-san-salvador/news-story/84f1ec462055952e37240c30ac3491fc
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Friday, April 8, 2016
WITH ALL ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS WANTING SAFE HAVEN IN THE US - THE DEMOCRAT POTUS BHO CHAOS IS NOT DONE WANTING TO FUNDAMENTALLY CHANGE THE CULTURE OF THE USA - AS ITS MODEL IS LIKE CENTRAL AMERICA WHERE KILLINGS BY GANG HAVE TURNED UPSIDE DOWN THE PEOPLES LIVES WITH HOMICIDES OCCURING EVERY HOUR ON THE HOUR IN EL SALVADOR - AND THE POTUS BHO CAN'T TRACK THIER WHEREABOUTS TO MAKE THEM PAY FOR THE GREAT WALL - YET THE DEMOCRAT POTUS CAN TRACK THEM ALL DOWN TO FORCE THEM TO TAKE ALL THE FREE BEES THE SOCIALIST CAN PROVIDE FROM LAWS INACTED BY THE CONGRESS MEANT FOR US CITIZENS
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