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The wrong tattoo can get you stopped by police. But artists in El Salvador say more people want their ink
Certain tattoos associated with street gangs can get you stopped by police in El Salvador. But artists there say now more ...
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Bukele’s ‘false positives’: Teenagers accused of being gang members, based on a 10-second video
A legal reform in El Salvador allows minors to go to adult prisons. Since the state of emergency began three years ago, more ...
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El Salvador says it shares information with the US about people it believes are gang members
Villatoro said El Salvador has complete records of the people it believes are tied to gangs like MS-13 and Tren de Aragua, which it keeps on file for years. The records include people currently living ...
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Inside El Salvador’s battle with violence, poverty, and U.S. policy
He paid a coyote, or people smuggler ... of the MS-13 gang crowd into their cramped cell inside Chalatenango prison, in northern El Salvador. Authorities house rival gangs in separate prisons ...
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What to know about El Salvador's mega-prison after Trump deal to send people there
How many prisoners does El Salvador hold? In April 2021, a year before the start of the state of emergency, the government reported nearly 36,000 prisoners. The government doesn’t regularly ...