Illegal drug trade in El Salvador
Illegal drug trade in El Salvador has included, according to some sources, trans-shipping of
CIA and Contras cocaine trafficking in the US
Former DEA agent
Sex trafficking
El Salvador is one of the biggest sources for human trafficking. Most victims are females who are sold mainly for sex and children for forced labor. Trafficking offenders use fraudulent documentation to facilitate the movement of foreign victims. Salvadorans have been subjected to forced prostitution in Guatemala, Mexico, Belize, the United States, Spain, and Italy.[3]
Gang Crackdown
As of April 2021, over 65,000 people have been accused of having gang affiliation in El Salvador. This has led to each suspected member to be arrested which has overwhelmed the prisons in El Salvador. These arrest have been popular among the El Salvadorans. At first, human rights groups were concerned that the arrests were unjustified and had little to do with gang violence. Multiple U.S. government representatives expressed concern about the violence taking place in the country and the methods used to stop it. From March 22nd-27th 2022,there have been 87 murders. With this spike in murders, the El Salvador president Nayib Bukele, ordered law enforcement to arrest all suspects and send them to prison where they are being tortured by not feeding them in attempt to stop the crimes.[4]
Crime rate drop
Ever since the President has ordered all of these arrest, in 2022 alone the crime rate dropped in half. To be exact, 56.2% decrease. Although El Salvador still has one of the highest crime rates in the world, it is a huge step in the right direction. Authorities registered 496 homicides in 2o22 which is 700 less than 2021. The government did not include deaths that involved law enforcement and gang violence. Although human rights groups don't necessarily agree with the direction El Salvador has taken this, El Salvadorans approve the mandates the President has set and will continue to do so.[5]
See also
References
- ^ "THE CIA-CONTRA-CRACK COCAINE CONTROVERSY: A REVIEW OF THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT'S INVESTIGATIONS AND PROSECUTIONS". pp. Chapter. Retrieved 2007-07-05.
- ^ Cohen, Jeff (2004-12-13). "R.I.P. Gary Webb -- Unembedded Reporter". CommonDreams.org. Archived from the original on 2007-02-03. Retrieved 2007-03-04.
- ^ "El Salvador | UTRGV". www.utrgv.edu. Retrieved 2023-05-09.
- ^ "El Salvador has arrested 55,000 as part of 'war' on gangs". www.aljazeera.com. Retrieved 2023-05-09.
- ^ "El Salvador murders plummet by over half in 2022 amid gang crackdown". Reuters. 2023-01-03. Retrieved 2023-05-09.
External links
- Samuel Blixen (1997), Transnational Institute, The Double Role of Drug Trafficking in State Terrorism and Militarized Democracy
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