El Salvador arrests FIFTY THOUSAND in gang crackdown and will house them in hellish new 'mega prison'

Daily Mail ^ | 8/17/22 | Chris Jewers

[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.

[Libloather]

A MAGA prison? Could work.

[EEGator]

That’s how you do it...

[Lurkinanloomin]

That’s funny politicians of both parties in this country want to give them amnesty.

[Fai Mao]

50000 in a country with a population of less than 7 million is a fairly significant crack down.

[gdc61]

That’s what the Democrats are planning for us

[Salvavida]

About time.

I lived in El Salvador for 5 years. None of the political parties had the cojones to go this far, and the gangs are well past the potential to destabilize the entire society. Private security is the #1 industry and there is no close 2nd.

That is how bad it is. My pastor’s maid had both of her daughters murdered. I lost 2 nephews.

[ryderann]

Sounds like Sheriff Arpaio is advising!

[gdc61]

Via the IRS

[Joe 6-pack]

And another 50,000 fled north into the US where they will continue to ply their trade.

[VTenigma]

Seems like 50,000 in one spot may turn into an exercise in cat herding.

[WeaslesRippedMyFlesh]

Why house them?

[srmanuel]

Why not put them on some isolated Island off the coast of El Salvador and let’em learn to survive, sort of like the strong will survive.

[Governor Dinwiddie]

Probably at least half, if not more, of the illegal invaders streaming into the USA are Central American scum. That is how MS-13 got established in the USA. Mexicans are probably in the minority when it comes to invaders. Throw in Africans, and Muslims, and you have a real scheisse show.

I blame Paul Ryan more than Biden. During the first two years of President Trump's first term, he was gaslighted by Paul Ryan. Ryan never took up approval of President Trump's wall. He kept telling our President, "next month, in another couple months, after Labor Day, after Christmas … ". Ryan staved off the wall for two years.

I'd like to see that dirty somebitch Paul Ryan shackled and made to face the families of victims of gang violence, fentanyl overdoses, drunk drivers, burglary, rape and murder. I'd like to see that weasel Paul Ryan face the family and friends of Kate Steinle.

[dforest]

I can’t imagine anyone who would work at that prison. How long will that place last without something horrible happening there?

[Mark17]

That’s funny politicians of both parties in this country want to give them amnesty.

Give them time, and they will.

[know.your.why]

President Nayib Bukele announced the construction of the jail he calls the Terrorism Confinement Center on Twitter, along with a five-minute video on June 21st, 2022.

[tired&retired]

We could just put a fence around Chicago and turn the city into a prison.

[Lurkinanloomin]

If we keep re-electing the likes of Cornyn, Tillis, Grhamnesty, Hoeven and Rubio, they will.

[tired&retired]

Biden wants to do that with Republicans.

[EEGator]

Just leave the criminals in there alone, and come back in a year...