Tag Archives: Homicide rate

11
Nov
Rights for Youth and Women

A spike in murders in El Salvador

Posted on by Mario Guevara

Just like in April last year, in the middle of lockdown, El Salvador has faced another day of a surprising spike in homicides. LA PRENSA GRÁFICA reports: Only this Wednesday, November 10, at least 20 murders were reported, according to the Police (PNC). Due to this, President Nayib Bukele announced that the police and the […]

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27
Apr
Politics

FACTUM. Analysis of the murders spike during the pandemic

Posted on by Mario Guevara

Violence has increased once again in El Salvador. On Friday, 22 homicides were reported on Friday and president Bukele ordered lockdown of prisons on Twitter. Since Friday, “the murder of no less than 40 people can be confirmed”, reported La Prensa Gráfica.   FACTUM published the following analysis of the situation: This Friday, April 24, […]

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