2024-08-16 13:55:09
According to statistics from the National Civil Police (PNC), August 14 ended with zero homicides, bringing the cumulative number of days without violent deaths this year to 164. This figure is detailed as follows:
24 days were reached in January; another 24 in February, while March closed with 21 days with zero homicides; April totaled 19 days without violent crimes; May ended with 21; June, the safest month in the history of El Salvador, closed with 24 and until the close of the 31st, July accumulated 23 and until the close of yesterday, August 14, there are 8 days in the eighth month of 2024.
During the first five years and the few days of his second term, President Nayib Bukele has achieved a cumulative 682 days without murders, of which 562 have been achieved in the framework of the war against gangs that the Government implemented against these criminal groups since March 27, 2022.