Pessimism Pervades El Salvador as Security Crisis Continues
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Fifty-eight percent of respondents to a recent poll (http://especiales.elsalvador.com/2016/encuesta-2-aniosgestion-presidencial/)commissioned by Salvadoran newspaper El Diario de Hoy said they do not think the government's implementation of "extraordinary measures" to combat the gangs are producing good results. (See chart below) El Salvador (http://www.insightcrime.org/el-salvador-organizedcrime-news)'s Congress approved the measures (/news-briefs /el-salvador-moves-to-clamp-down-on-prisons-gangs) at the beginning of April, which tighten restrictions on incarcerated gang members in an attempt to reduce criminal activity within the prisons. MS13 graffiti in El Salvador Pessimism Pervades El Salvador as Security Crisis Continues http://www.insightcrime.org/news-analysis/pessimism-pervades-el-salva...
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