2023-09-21 05:22:53
Two alleged members of the Mara Salvatrucha (MS13) died this Wednesday after “attacking” elements of the Special Security Forces in an armed confrontation in a municipality in western El Salvador, reported the National Civil Police (PNC). The event, according to the source, occurred in the town of Juayúa, in the department of Sonsonate, more than 99 kilometers from the capital San Salvador.
The PNC, which did not provide the identities of the deceased or their ages, noted that “the firearms used by the criminals were left at the scene” and added that “the officers are unharmed“.
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