El Salvador
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Several new reports highlight crime and violence as key factors driving large numbers of Central American citizens to migrate to the United States, suggesting current US efforts aimed at deterring migration may be misplaced… Read this piece in its entirety at InSight Crime.
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The Salvadoran army has dismissed an increasing number of troops for suspected gang affiliation, indicating growing attempts by gangs to infiltrate the armed forces, or alternatively, a greater effort on the part of the military to identify potential infiltrators… Read this piece in its entirety at InSight Crime.
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Authorities have linked several recent murders in the Washington, DC area to alleged members of Mara Salvatrucha, or MS13, suggesting the organization’s El Salvador-based leadership may be moving to consolidate its relationship with US-based “cliques”. Read this piece in its entirety at InSight Crime.
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Unfortunately, the U.S. congress has not made itself subject to the Freedom of Information Act. So if you want to know, for example, what James Lankford (R-Oklahoma), Beto O’Rourke (D-Texas), Jack Kingston (R-Georgia), Rob Woodall (R-Georgia), Patrick Meehan (R-Pennsylvania), John Carney (D-Delaware), and Joseph Kennedy III (D-Massachusetts) were up to during their official visit to Central America from
Mike LaSusa 