Up to 15 years in prison for gang graffiti in El Salvador – El Salvador

As part of a large-scale campaign against criminal gangs, El Salvador’s government has made spreading their messages – including graffiti – a punishable offense. Spreading messages “that allude to criminal organizations” in any form of visual expression on public or private land is to be punished with up to 15 years in prison, according to the Central American country’s parliament on Tuesday evening (local time).