El Salvador has continued its crackdown on what officials are calling a war on gangs as the government has arrested 6,000 gang members in response to a killing spree in March. The rise in gang violence caused a countrywide state of emergency, but advocates claim some of the the efforts are creating a framework for abuse.
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#ElSalvador #GangCrackdown #GangViolence
Guilty until proven innocent
¿Cuánto dinero le dan las pandillas a Abraham Obrego? ¿Dónde están los derechos de los asesinados por las pandillas?.
How much money do the gangs give to Abraham Obrego? Where are the rights of those killed by gangs?.
Stupid is as stupid does. These men have the brains of cockroaches. You have to keep up with this crap and give young men some skills to be able to do something else with their lives. Now I know why all those people coming from there and wanting to live under a freeway rather than to go back home. America has nothing for them. No work, not enough to pay rent and utilities and live. So Americans are forced to have several people in one space to afford it and don’t let the landlords find out. So expensive and no free spaces for any other options. Ukraine people are like us. People on the run should go to a country like your homes, you will do better and be happier not so homesick which is a lot of stress on the body. Not good, can really make you quite ill. Good Luck. Keep up on putting them away. Remember you have to have a better offer than the one they have. How about jobs to support wife & kids and live like everybody else?
Now if only this could happen in Mexico…
I’ve met a few people from El Salvador and they all say the same thing: it’s a beautiful country but they didn’t feel safe. Good to see a concerted effort being made, it may seem inhumane but after decades of gang violence the gloves eventually have to come off
This President goes hawwwrdd. El Salvador gonna win a World Cup soon 🎉😂🎉
☹️☹️☹️☹️☹️🙏🙏🙏🇵🇭🇵🇭🇵🇭🇵🇭🇵🇭
This will affect my plant growth
Why don’t you translate what he is saying he has a point. He is only protecting the citizens of his country.
i’ d like the same thing in Italy, against mafia,’ndrine and camorra gangs
Execute them all
PENDEJOS THIS IS NEVER GOING TO CHANGE (FIGHT FIRE WITH FIRE)
Such a breath of fresh air, to those criticizing him I would say: if you have a devastating problem first you solve the problem, then you make the way you solve it more refined and humane. Dragging the problem for years because you imposed yourself to many restrictions leads to the problem getting worse and finally unsolvable.
He is about his people and his country.
Yeah yeah, I wonder how many are actually just regular people who oppose the President.
Excelente presidente jajaajajaj
This is the kind of president I want to lead my country but we already have it like Duterte with his War on Drugs and I hope it continues.
Good efforts. Civilians must never be given any chance to murder, the right to murder should always be reserved for the state( the imposer of law).
Tough times require tough decisions
very good example
end these gangs members, no need to feed them
In 11 days they will all be crossing our open boarder to a city near you
NBC is crap
💙Da change
The US should be cautious about our weak border enforcement. 🤔
Well done mr president save your country
THEY TAKING MS-13 DOWN ? NOOO WAYYY
While it’s true that gangs are responsible for truely vile things taking away people’s human rights it wrong and incredibly immoral and is a cause for great concern as taking away people right to a defense even for 2 weeks could mean that your falsely imprisoning
Alot of people to feed, hopefully have a plan to put them to work…maybe use treadmills,bikes,rowing machine, human hamster walker and produce electricity with equipment back feeding like a cell phone charger in reverse put in dm volts 120 comes out…
Your welcome
South africa needs this
This looks like a scene from zombie movie.
muchas gracias mi presidente
Finally a President with some spine, unlike the senile old man in DC
Wish USA could arrest Trump and 6,000 #trumputineers
It’s ok everyone. The US is currently sending luxury cruise ships to rescue these futures pawns for the illegal immigrant chess game.
Time to clean house. Well done President.
Whatever their doing they need come and teach NY what to do. It takes weeks or months or years to catch a killer in NY.
About time. Clean it up.
I’m curious about how the cartel feels about this? Will El Salvador kick then out as well? Remember when Escobar terrorized Colombia?
At long last, people might be able to live a normal life and show the world that crime doesn’t pay! 👍🙏🙏🙏👏👏👏
Looks like a sly move to clear the opposition. It’s not as if this place has the best judical system. So it just be some group cleansing done by the govt.
This is what USA needs to do with crips, bloods, antifa and other trash of society
I’m sure everyone arrested was actually a criminal and will receive due process of law 😐
So while this is, well why is everyone shirtless? I get the crackdown, and the human rights abuses…but why the nakedness? Why?
Now, they speak a language, the gangs can understand.
Good Job!
This is the scum coming yo our border. They empty the prisons so they don’t have to pay to incarcerate them
1 knife man will shot down immediately in UK
if I was president of el salvador I would burn them in fire live on national TV
there would be noone dare to be cartel member again
Will Biden bring them here???
Prisons are too soft, especially in the west. Its not a detterant. This however IS absolutely a detterant!
Liking this president even more! My Aubrey this Biden kid can take notes from President Bukele.
2:05 yeah maybe all the men in the gang club house weren’t actually gang members.
Well done!
Proud of you president. Families suffer because of the gangs. Hang them
funded by Bitcoin?
If you like them so much take them lmao
Line them up fire squad
We should do this in America….
He Ain’t Bull💩💩💩ing !!! And I can Dig Dat 💯💯💯 !!! Save The Youth, Save The Future!!! Wise move Mr. President!!!
El Slvadlor. White people trying to sound spanish. Lmao.
Mass execution
El Salvador RIP
zaddy has spoken
Some of these people might be innocent. That is a possibility. I hope they do further investigations.
Good job .
Why not gas these gang members since they are so hardcore. Doing the world a favour
Probably all lowest level or homeless, Latino too corrupt, should never have power
Here’s a bright idea, give the people a proper education, financial stability, and jobs. Putting them in jail is temporary.
Now execute them like Philippines leader
Awesome keep them in jail where they belong 👌
Sounds to me like he is serious about taking care of the problem . it just baffles the mind that they have been tolerated this long .
The Orcs need to what true terror really means for once. They need to start busting more CAPS in their cabezas too!
67 in one day is a weekend in shitcago just for reference
even tho theyre gang members theyre still people and human beings. yall r monsters.
👍🏻
In the United States they would just let them go😔
Godbless bruh my south American and mestizo fam deserve better. We need to start observing the source of this problem…. Even if it reveals dirt in other nations
But thy all came here in Anaheim California all over I see them
All you do is spread lies
And by the way, if you are a gang member and reading this post , and not in jail . YOU ARE PROBABLY NEXT. !!!
I don’t give a flying phuck, Animals DO NOT DESERVE HUMAN RIGHTS. Period. Change my mind. If you’re a POS and get caught, you ROT.
I mean good job, great work !
What type of gang are they talking about
No understanding for the fact that levels of criminality are always proportional to levels of misery and exploitation, this is true everywhere in the world, and if you crack down on criminality without giving any economical relief to the people you are just making their life miserable in a different way. With State violence substituting gang violence. Way to go America. See you in a couple of years when you will literally look like a cyberpunk version of 19th century England.
Okay now burn them alive please?
Gang members want might is right
Gang members get might is right, they’re all shitheads.
Holy chain gangs
The action is a bit harsh, I’ll admit, but…67 homicides in a day? No, he’s doing the right thing by sending a message that is timeless: “kids, If you’re in a gang, you’re already dead.” …67 deaths, wow! Smh.
These Countries are decimated with gangs …. It’s Time to cull the lot of them and get back to being beauty spots and ☮️ times .
It’s like finally correlating and trapping the roaches from your home.
Unfortunately they can’t exterminate those pests.
I am currently in Usulutan right now and I do feel safer. Since landing, I have yet to see anyone gang related. My abuelita had begged me to come to ES to visit her and I stayed away because of the violence, now I have to bury my abuelita tomorrow and I can’t help but feel like she’d be so happy to know they are restoring this country to its original beauty. The kind people of ES deserve better! My abuelita deserved better. Mr president, I stand behind you. Make these gang members pay for everything they have done. Execute them all if you have to. Restore order and bring prosperity to those who really need it.
Biden needs to take lessons from this president
Wow so they can actually stop crime if they want to… Almost seems like there doing the opposite here grrrrrrr
Great Job El Salvador!
Good job Mr president! We need the same in my beloved country of Belize 🇧🇿
Hey guys, come to America the borders are wide open, Biden n Kamala will give u guys money, n a phone, but do not say your an American citizen, or your get nothing, might even go to jail..
Reminds me of Duterte.
Good mister President Bukele,if all our country’s have a president like you we all will live in pace and secure in our streets,,,Viva presidente Bukele from a Dominican 🇩🇴🇩🇴we need a president like you to fix our country..
Nice work.
Saludos desde Peru, respeto para este señor…derechos humanos son HP una mano por una mano