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There are an estimated 25,000 gang members at large in El Salvador; another 43,500 are in prison. The best-known gangs, called maras in colloquial Salvadoran Spanish, are Mara Salvatrucha (MS-13) and their rivals 18th Street; maras are hunted by death squads, including Sombra Negra. Newer rivals include the rising mara, The Rebels 13. Criminal youth gangs dominate life in El Salvador; an estimation of at least 60,000 young people belong to gangs. It is one of the three countries of the Northern Triangle of Central America, along with neighboring Guatemala and Honduras, which are all afflicted with high levels of violence.

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  • There are an estimated 25,000 gang members at large in El Salvador; another 43,500 are in prison. The best-known gangs, called maras in colloquial Salvadoran Spanish, are Mara Salvatrucha (MS-13) and their rivals 18th Street; maras are hunted by death squads, including Sombra Negra. Newer rivals include the rising mara, The Rebels 13. Criminal youth gangs dominate life in El Salvador; an estimation of at least 60,000 young people belong to gangs. It is one of the three countries of the Northern Triangle of Central America, along with neighboring Guatemala and Honduras, which are all afflicted with high levels of violence. In 2012, El Salvador saw a 41% drop in crime compared to 2011 figures due to what the Salvadoran government called a gang truce. In early 2012, there were an average of 16 killings per day, but in late March that number dropped to fewer than five per day, and on April 14, 2012, for the first time in over three years, there were no killings in the country. Overall, there were 411 killings in the month of January 2012, but in March the number was 188, more than a 40% reduction in crime. The truce ended in 2014, with the murder rate subsequently rising again. Gangs engage in sex trafficking in El Salvador as an alternative source of profit to drugs. (en)
  • La delincuencia en El Salvador es uno de los mayores problemas del país, siendo los crímenes violentos los de mayor relevancia tanto a nivel nacional como internacional. Ha habido dos picos históricos de homicidios: el primero en 1995 con una tasa de 141,72 homicidios por cada 100 000 habitantes, el segundo en el año 2015 con una tasa de 105 homicidios por cada 100 000 habitantes,​ para posteriormente tener una reducción de los homicidios hasta la actualidad, siendo el año 2021 el año menos violento en la historia moderna de El Salvador, con una tasa de 17,6 homicidios por cada 100 000 habitantes.​ Los principales causantes de estas olas de violencia son las pandillas, popularmente conocidas como "Maras". Se estima que existen más de 70 000 integrantes de pandillas en El Salvador, de los cuales según datos oficiales más de 40 000 ya se encuentran en prisión,​ debido a una ofensiva gubernamental en respuesta a un repunte de homicidios ocurrido en el mes de marzo de 2022, nombrado por el estado como Guerra Contra las Pandillas. Una de las pandillas más conocidas es la Mara Salvatrucha y sus rivales más conocidos son La Pandilla 18. (es)
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  • There are an estimated 25,000 gang members at large in El Salvador; another 43,500 are in prison. The best-known gangs, called maras in colloquial Salvadoran Spanish, are Mara Salvatrucha (MS-13) and their rivals 18th Street; maras are hunted by death squads, including Sombra Negra. Newer rivals include the rising mara, The Rebels 13. Criminal youth gangs dominate life in El Salvador; an estimation of at least 60,000 young people belong to gangs. It is one of the three countries of the Northern Triangle of Central America, along with neighboring Guatemala and Honduras, which are all afflicted with high levels of violence. (en)
  • La delincuencia en El Salvador es uno de los mayores problemas del país, siendo los crímenes violentos los de mayor relevancia tanto a nivel nacional como internacional. Ha habido dos picos históricos de homicidios: el primero en 1995 con una tasa de 141,72 homicidios por cada 100 000 habitantes, el segundo en el año 2015 con una tasa de 105 homicidios por cada 100 000 habitantes,​ para posteriormente tener una reducción de los homicidios hasta la actualidad, siendo el año 2021 el año menos violento en la historia moderna de El Salvador, con una tasa de 17,6 homicidios por cada 100 000 habitantes.​ (es)
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  • Crime in El Salvador (en)
  • Delincuencia en El Salvador (es)
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