El Salvador enters a state of emergency in the face of a sudden wave of murders

Members of the Mara Salvatrucha and Barrio 18 gangs, in custody at the Ciudad Barrios prison. / afp

The war of the ‘maras’ is triggered with 62 crimes in a single day and the Government suspends constitutional rights and makes hundreds of arrests

With international news practically engulfed by the conflict in Ukraine, the explosive situation in El Salvador has barely found a place in the foreign media. But in the streets of the Central American country, with just over 6.4 million inhabitants, another war has been waged for days with inquisitorial records.

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