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El Salvador: Is Drop in Homicides a Result of a Deal with Gangs?

Categories: Latin America, El Salvador, Governance, War & Conflict

Bloggings by boz [1] looks at a drop in homicides after last month's news of a truce [2] between the government and gangs to reduce crime: “Murders are down about 50% since the unannounced truce took hold in early March […] One side of this debate now has real results. No matter how you look at it, it's a game changer.”