El Salvador Is Creating a Special Military Unit to Hunt Gang Members
El Salvador Is Creating a Special Military Unit to Hunt Gang Members
By Gabriela Gorbea
April 22, 2016 | 2:50 pm
El Salvador's government has tried and failed on multiple occasions to contain the country's explosive violence with crackdowns on its infamous warring gangs.
Now — with the murder rate breaking new records every month — the government has announced the creation of a special military unit to pursue these gangs in rural areas.
"The moment has come to end the rising violence of recent years that has caused so much sacrifice and bloodshed," Oscar Ortiz, El Salvador's vice president, told reporters on Wednesday, as he announced the deployment of the new force. "Today we bring about the birth of new hope, and you, brave members of this new force, are part of this new hope."
Ortiz said that the 1,000-member special force will be responsible for "neutralizing" the gangs. He promised that the unit will track down their top 100 leaders who he said are hiding in rural areas after fleeing government operations in the cities.
More:
https://news.vice.com/article/el-salvador-is-creating-a-special-military-unit-to-hunt-gang-members
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Back when they called them "Death Squads." [/center]
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