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Salvador Crime Remains
Uncontrolled
Crime is out of control in El
Salvador, and the government
appears unable to solve that
social problem, which causes 12
murders daily, a Central
American University (UCA) report
asserted on Friday.
The criminal world has put this
country at the verge of
territorial, legal,
institutional, and economic
rupture, the UCA asserted in its
Proceso weekly.
The Central American nation is
facing a wave of violence
unleashed by gangs or maras
(delinquents), which cause an
average of 12 deaths and 500
armed raids a day.
The analysis warned that
Salvadorian territories are
under control of organized
gangs, which exert their own
authority on the fringes of
legality.
The report revealed the increase
of extortion of transportation
workers and businesses in the
capital and other departments,
where absence of police agents
gave birth to clandestine squads
that are threatening to kill
criminals.
The crime rates in this country
are truly alarming. Real moments
of social peace have been
practically unknown since the
end of the civil war in January
1992, the UCA said.
Human Rights Commission
Coordinator Miguel Montenegro
also called the situation
desperate, faced with the high
crime and underlying anxiety of
the people.
The Foundation of Studies for
Implementation of Law joined the
popular demand to confront crime
with preventive policies, and
said NO to the failed repression
operations.
San Salvador Archbishop Fernando
Saenz demanded a purge of the
National Civil Police, which has
been questioned by large
community sectors, due to its
inefficient work.
He also criticized the
appearance of death
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