Ten thousand troops have been sent to surround and protect the city of Soyapango in El Salvador. This has been ordered by President Nayib Bukele in order to reduce gang violence in the city. The city of Soyapango is home to 290,000 people and has been a growing hotspot for gang violence in recent history. President Nayib Bukele is taking measures extreme as blocking off all major roads, installing mandatory identity checks, and having houses checked for suspected gang members. Extraction teams have been tasked with removing every gang member in the city, even if it is as slow as one by one. While this is an aggressive plan, the president has stated that citizens have no need to panic and that the only ones that should be worried are gangsters and other criminals. Interviewed citizens seem to understand that this is all being done for their safety, and many support the measures being taken.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-63846159
Bradyn Almasy
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