Tag: <span>Barrio 18</span>
May 4, 2016 > Staff
El Salvador Arrests Architects of Failed Gang Truce
Top Story — El Salvador’s Attorney General’s Office on Tuesday announced the arrest of 21 people involved in a controversial 2012 gang treaty that has since broken down, including former […] Read More >
June 3, 2015 > Staff
Murder in El Salvador Hits Highest Levels Since Civil War
Top Story — El Salvador saw more murders in the month of May than in any other month since the end of the country’s civil war in 1992, as gang […] Read More >
September 29, 2014 > Danielle Mackey
Community Roundtable in El Salvador Seeks to Mitigate Violence
ILOPANGO, El Salvador — In 2012, the two major Salvadoran gangs, MS-13 and the 18th Street Gang, brokered a truce supported by the government. The gang leaders agreed to stop […] Read More >
March 26, 2012 > Staff
El Salvador: Reported Truce Between Gangs Raises Questions
Today in Latin America Top Story — Leaders of El Salvador’s Mara Salvatrucha and Barrio 18 gangs confirmed Friday that they have reached a truce which they say has contributed to […] Read More >