Posted on 08/20/2022 5:43:03 AM PDT by Libloather
El Salvador has arrested some 50,000 suspected gang members since President Nayib Bukele launched a 'war' in March on criminal groups terrorizing the country, the head of the country's police force announced Tuesday.
The country plans to house 40,000 of the arrested alleged gang members in a new 'mega prison' that is currently being constructed.
El Salvador declared a 30-day state of emergency in March following a spate of gang killings, giving officials special powers to clamp down on criminal groups who engage in extortion and drug trafficking, and wage turf wars against each other.
On Tuesday, El Salvador's Congress extended these powers by an additional 30 days for the fifth time since they were first enacted.
'We can inform the Salvadoran people that we have already reached 50,000 recorded detentions during the period of the emergency regime,' said Mauricio Arriaza, director of the National Civil Police.
Arriaza, as well as Justice Minister Gustavo Villatoro and Defence Minister Rene Merino appeared Tuesday at parliament to request another extension of the emergency powers, which have done away with the need for arrest warrants.
They were first enacted in March and have been prolonged by the legislature on a month-by-month basis ever since.
The 84-seat unicameral assembly agreed Tuesday night to grant the government's newest request to maintain the decree, with 66 members voting in favour of an extension through mid-September.
The small Central American country has also increased sentences for gang membership five-fold, to up to 45 years.
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Black lives matter.
White lives don’t.
Oh, the claymore. Doesn’t it just make your heart feel warm?
Sounds good to me.
You don’t let criminals run wild. We could use someone with his mentality.
True, hardly God’s children (unless they truly convert) but don’t mock God and His name in this: We need all the help from Him we can get.
Maybe the MAGA prison is for MAGAs to live in, protected from the FIFTY THOUSAND that is outside.
It seems we are coming to that.
The governor of the low crime state of California has his panties in a wad about it, because he’s a genius at reducing crime.
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He reduces crime by erasing the law books.
‘That’s not a crime anymore.’
No more crime here.
Steinle’s parents have frequently expressed concerns about the politicization of their daughter’s death by the alt-right, Trump supporters, and white nationalists.
The brother of a San Francisco murder victim slammed presidential hopeful Donald Trump for using his sister’s death as a political platform.
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How about those moms who raise their kids to be suicide bombers?
Do you see any similarities??????
Kate’s parents sound like suicide bombers’ Moms.
Poor Kate. I’d like to hear from her on this!
Sounds like the same demonic insanity from all of them.
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