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El Salvador’s homicide rate sees drastic decline
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this post was submitted on 05 May 2024
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Yeah they’re undergoing extreme reforms on all sides. Basically improving social services while cracking down on gangs.
Now I have opinions here, as you said it doesn’t look like the most “human rights” focused crackdown, but I also don’t really see a way that this was going to change without either something like that or something like the everyday people essentially forming an anti gang gang