2023-08-05 12:03:58
Some 18 gang members from Barrio 18 and the Mara Salvatrucha (MS13) were captured in the northern zone of El Salvador in the context of a security fence installed since Tuesday to “corner” and detain remnants of the gangs who have allegedly fled. from the city to the rural. The captures would have been made between Tuesday and Thursday, as confirmed this Friday by a spokeswoman for the Presidency.
Gang members are being held at the police station in the municipality of Sensuntepeque, in the department of Cabañas, whose entrances and exits have been guarded since Tuesday by members of the Police and the Army. Some of the detainees, including three minors and two women, were identified by name and surname. “All” the detainees, according to the source, will be accused of illegal groups.
The local press quoted the director of the Police, Mauricio Arriza Chicas, who reported that a leader of the Salvatrucha gang was killed when he offered armed resistance. “This is how a gang member is killed, one of the ranfleros (bosses), one of the third parties in command of the criminal structure, of the armed group that are remnants of the MS13,” he said, although without identifying him.
The security fence in Cabañas (north), more than 80 kilometers from the capital San Salvador and made up of nine municipalities, is protected by an exception regime that has been implemented since March 2022 to combat gangs and through which More than 71,000 people accused of being gang members have been detained. Humanitarian organizations have denounced abuses in its application.
Fuente: dw.com
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