tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9177745.post244373848874202264..comments2024-03-28T11:30:20.005-05:00Comments on El Salvador Perspectives: Gangs and government agree -- gangs control homicide level in El SalvadorTimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02452039674856298357noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9177745.post-48425183487881405092016-03-30T05:22:21.686-05:002016-03-30T05:22:21.686-05:00As long as you don't count all of the homicide...As long as you don't count all of the homicides committed by government forces, of course.<br /><br />WOLA:<br /><br />"Today, crimes of equally heinous proportions are happening in El Salvador and the international community appears to be unaware, or indifferent. Forced disappearances, at the hands of the security forces, are beginning to be reported. The government of El Salvador has launched an all-out battle with the maras, or gangs, in which police and army troops alike have been deployed in the streets. Gang members are attacking police and soldiers, and security forces are responding with aggressive anti-gang raids, which sometimes involve pitched gun battles. In this context, there are disturbing reports of a phenomenon that hasn’t been seen since the end of the country’s civil war: young men being detained, and then disappeared or killed at the hands of the security forces."<br /><br />http://www.wola.org/commentary/president_obama_and_the_disappearedLawrence M. Ladutkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06024452891624928904noreply@blogger.com