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Crackdown 3 main character5/8/2023 ![]() “There will always be errors, nothing is perfect, but for me, it (the crackdown) is good.” “It's no secret that there have been unjust arrests,” Bran said. ![]() Jorge Ezequiel Bran, a 25-year-old hotdog vendor in the nation's capital, said he approved of the crackdown, though he acknowledged there have been abuses. The emergency decree has reduced violence and proved popular in a country where streets gangs like MS-13 and Barrio 18 have long killed and extorted money from residents. Rights groups say there have been 111 deaths in custody and 5,802 suspected cases of rights violations. In the year since, a total of 66,417 people have been arrested, and 4,304 have been released. The country’s legislature has voted every month since then to renew the measures, which suspend some rights. One year ago, President Nayib Bukele suspended constitutional rights and started an all-out offensive on gangs, triggering a radical transformation in some of the country’s most dangerous areas where many Salvadorans enjoy new freedoms like being outside at night, delivery services and open businesses without gangs extorting them for money. Salvador Melendez/AP Show More Show Less 5 of9 Couples dance to live music at La Libertad Square in San Salvador, El Salvador, Sunday, March 19, 2023. ![]() El Salvador's congress has approved President Bukele's request to extend the period of special powers for another month, meaning the country will go at least a full year with some constitutional rights suspended in its fight against gangs. 3 of9 4 of9 National Civil Police inspect the documentation of residents inside their home in Vista al Lago neighborhood, formerly under the control of the Mara Salvatrucha gang, in Ilopango, El Salvador, Thursday, March 2, 2023. ![]()
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