El Salvador Debates Best Way to Counter MS-13 Gang Violence
20/03/2018
El Salvador, a Central American country, wrestles with one of the region’s biggest challenges: the rise of criminal gangs like MS-13. Gangs test the government’s policies on policing, detention and crime-prevention initiatives. Different camps debate whether to invest more in strong-hand punitive approaches, social interventions or a combination. Cristina Caicedo Smit has the second of three reports about MS-13.
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