El Salvador declares state of emergency over gang murders after 62 killings in one day
The Independent says El Salvador’s congress granted President Nayib Bukele’s request to declare a state of emergency early Sunday during a wave of gang-related killings over the weekend.
Fourteen people were killed on Friday and 62 people died Saturday, a scale of violence that has not been seen for years. By comparison, there were 79 homicides in the entire month of February.
Mr Bukele announced the request on Saturday in his social media accounts, and congress approved it early Sunday. The decree would suspend constitutional guarantees of freedom of assembly and loosen arrest rules for as much as 30 days, but could be extended.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/el-salvador-gang-murders-b2045098.html
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