El Salvador Murders Down More Than a Half Amid Gang Crackdown

SAN SALVADOR, Jan 3 (Reuters) – Murders in El Salvador tumbled 56.8% in 2022 amid a widespread crackdown on gang violence, the government said on Tuesday, extending a sharp drop in killings in a nation which for years had one of the world’s worst murder rates. Authorities registered a total of 496 homicides last year, […]

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