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Why Are People Fleeing Central America? A New Breed of Gangs Is Taking Over.
juan carlos
Nov 9, 2018
https://www.wsj.com/articles/pay-or-die-extortion-economy-drives-latin-americas-murder-crisis-1541167619?mod=searchresults&page=1&pos=1&fbclid=IwAR05D4ShN90KG6omIvddhvc2hLIkmU60YbC5lybnmhw8W9EsCAF21YmfW4g
Gangs such as MS-13 and Barrio 18 prey on their own neighborhoods in a violent, chaotic model spreading through the region
By Robbie Whelan | Photographs by Juan Carlos for The Wall Street Journal
APOPA, El Salvador—The Congress of El Salvador agreed in April to extend the authority of jailers to keep gang leaders in solitary confinement. Over the next five days, the two reigning street gangs killed more than 100 people.
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Why Are People Fleeing Central America? A New Breed of Gangs Is Taking Over.
Gangs such as MS-13 and Barrio 18 prey on their own neighborhoods in a violent, chaotic model spreading through the region. “You don’t know where the state ends and the criminal organizations begin.”
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