MADRID, 17 Ago. (EUROPA PRESS) –
The authorities of El Salvador have announced this Tuesday that they have captured 50,000 gang members during the emergency regime that governs the country led by Nayib Bukele.
“No one can deny the transformation that we are carrying out in El Salvador. The exceptional regime has made it possible to intensify the war against the gangs and get the thousands of terrorists who no longer frighten Salvadorans off the streets,” the Office of the Presidency in his Twitter social network account.
Along with the text, the Presidency has published a poster indicating that “50,000 terrorists” have been “captured” during the “exception regime”. However, the office has not released any further details.
Bukele approved the state of emergency in March, since then, the country’s Legislative Assembly has approved different extensions in order to “combat gang members in the country.” At the end of July, the Assembly approved the fourth extension, with 67 votes in favor and 15 against, which runs until August 23.
For this reason, the Security Cabinet has requested this Tuesday the Assembly the fifth extension. The authorities consider this extension of the decree necessary due to “the successful results that the measure has had.”
“The results of the emergency regime have been convincing. We have had a strong impact on these terrorist structures, we are just finishing this fourth extension and we are witnessing how Salvadorans managed to enjoy the safest vacations in all of history,” declared the minister of Justice and Public Security, Gustavo Villatoro, in statements collected by a statement from the Presidency.
To demonstrate this effectiveness, Villatoro has estimated that more than 1,300 firearms were seized and 1,551 vehicles were seized. Agents have also seized more than $1,000,000 and $275,000 worth of drugs.
The minister added that, in the more than 140 days in the emergency regime, the country has lived 77 days without homicides.
