El Salvador deploys troops to combat gangs

 

Bloomberg

El Salvador President Nayib Bukele has deployed 10,000 security forces to confront the threat from gangs in a suburb of the capital, San Salvador.
Soldiers and security agents surrounded the municipality of Soyapango to remove gang members in the area, according to a statement issued by the presidency.
“8,500 soldiers and 1,500 agents have surrounded the city, while police teams and the army are tasked with extricating one by one all gang members still there,” Bukele said on Twitter.
“Ordinary citizens have nothing to fear and can continue to live their lives as usual,” Bukele said on the site.

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