Salvadoran gang crackdown (2022–present)

When

2022

Kind

Military operation

Coordinates

13.67° N, 88.87° W

Description

ongoing large-scale arrests of alleged gang members in El Salvador

Cause

El Salvador

Placed at the country: the source names no closer place.

Ongoing large-scale arrests of alleged gang members

A crackdown on gangs began in El Salvador on 27 March 2022 in response to a series of homicides committed by criminal gangs between 25 and 27 March 2022 which killed 87 people. After the killings, the Salvadoran government declared a state of emergency that suspended several constitutional rights and enabled the government to launch mass arrests of suspected gang members.

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• Wikidata: military operations, raids and air strikesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “President of El Salvador Nayib Bukele announces that 12,169 gang members have been arrested since the state of emergency began on March 27.”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Spanish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “El presidente salvadoreño Nayib Bukele anunció que arrestaron a más de 12000 pandilleros desde la persecución anunciada tres semanas antes”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page