El Salvador suffers the most violent day in its recent history with 62 dead due to gang war

The Savior recorded on Saturday the most violent day in its recent history with 62 murders in the midst of an escalation that began on Friday, as confirmed by the National Civil Police (PNC) this Sunday.

The PNC made this information official, which had already been advanced by unofficial sources, when the beginning of an extraordinary plenary session in the Legislative Assembly was expected to vote on a exception regime.

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The escalation of murders this weekend reached 76 homicides in two days, with 14 on Friday.

The closest figure to the 62 murders on Saturday is the 51 homicides in a single day recorded in August 2015, when the country experienced its deadliest year since the end of the civil war (1980-1992).

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“We will not back down in this #GangWar, we will not rest until the criminals responsible for these events are captured and brought to justice”published the PNC on Twitter.

This label of “war” has been adopted by government officials, such as the Minister of Security, Gustavo Villatoro.

The president’s predecessor Nayib Bukele It also adopted a strategy of direct confrontation with the gangs after the breakdown of a truce promoted by former President Mauricio Funes (2009-2014).

President Bukele asked Congress on Twitter on Saturday to decree an emergency regime at a time when the country is facing an escalation of murders since Friday attributed to gangs.

“I request the @AsambleaSV (Legislative Assembly) to decree today EXCEPTION REGIME, according to article 29 of the Constitution of the Republic”The president posted on Twitter.

In November 2021, the country also saw a sudden spike in homicides that left more than 40 murders in three days.

In those days, President Bukele ruled on accusations that the sudden rise and fall of the murders of those days was related to an alleged fracture of a “truce” with the gangs.

Bukelewithout going into details or providing evidence, previously attributed said rise in homicides to “dark forces that are working to return us to the past” and assured that “this government will not allow it.”

In December 2021, the US Treasury Department sanctioned two Bukele government officials for alleged “secret negotiations” with the MS13.

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Source: Elcomercio

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