El Salvador has deployed a new special unit to fight criminal gangs that are now said to be operating not only in the cities, but in rural areas throughout the country. The 1,000-strong Specialized Reaction Force is equipped with helicopters, armored cars and assault weap… Read article here: High Times
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El Salvador: High Court Rules Street Gangs Are ‘Terrorist Groups’
The constitutional chamber ofEl Salvador'sSupreme Court of Justiceon Aug. 24 ruled that the country's notoriously violent street gangs and those who support them financially will now be classified as "terrorist groups." Read article here: High Times
El Salvador May Be Seeing A Return of Death Squads
El Salvador's Feb. 2 presidential election was overshadowed by a dramatic spike in the country's homicide rate less than a year after a truce between warring criminal gangs had led many Salvadorans to hope that their country was back from the brink. Most alarming … High Times