Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele said on Sunday that security measures implemented by his government would do away with the country’s long-running gang problem in four years. “I believe that the blow we are going to give to this structure is a mortal blow. I do not believe that gangs as we know them now will […]
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Salvadoran ex-gang members dream of removing telltale tats
Their skin looks all but taken over by endless intricate tattoos. Many of El Salvador’s reformed gang members now desperately want a chance to laser-erase this outward evidence of their fearsome past. Sector One of Apanteos Prison, a medium-security facility in Santa Ana, near the capital, houses 239 men, most former members of the Mara […]