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Tears welled in Alex’s eyes and he pressed his head into his hands as he thought about more than a year of birthdays and holidays without his mother, who was swept up by El Salvador’s police as she walked to work in a clothing factory.

“I feel very alone,” the 10-year-old said last month as he sat next to his 8-year-old brother and their grandmother. “I’m scared, feeling like they could come and they could take away someone else in my family.”

Forty thousand children have seen one parent or both detained in President Nayib Bukele’s nearly two-year war on El Salvador’s gangs, according to the national social services agency.

The records were shared with The Associated Press by an official with the National Council on Children and Adolescents, who insisted on anonymity due to fear of government reprisal against those violating its tight control of information. The official said many more children have jailed parents but are not in the records.

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[–] filister@lemmy.world 15 points 2 years ago (2 children)

On one hand you have this on the other hand El Salvador turned from one of the most dangerous countries in the region to one of the safest.

They had a ramping gang problem and this president managed to reign the crime rings. But I don't know what's better to be honest. It is quite controversial but I don't think that if he had decided to try it the lawful way it would have been successful either.

I am not defending him, I am just pointing out that if he tried to try those people they could have bought their way out, through corruption, skillful lawyer, etc. and then the end effect wouldn't be anywhere close to what they have now.

[–] Draedron@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 2 years ago

Its not one of the safest countries when you risk being arrested just by walking to work.

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