El Salvador president promises crackdown on gangs in rural areas

Thousands of soldiers and armed police have been deployed in a rural area of El Salvador – where the country’s president has promised to ramp up his crackdown on criminal street gangs.

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Nayib Bukele said the Cabanias area had become the top hiding place for gang members – declaring the patrols would continue until all of them had been found.

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