Psychologists,teachers, senior police officers and prison wardens are among 16 held for role in brokering a 2012 deal that led to sharp drop in homicidesIt was heralded as a bold attempt to curb decades of violence and credited with slashing El Salvador’s murder rate by half. But four years after a truce was declared between the country’s two main gang factions, or the controversial ceasefire has been recast as a criminal conspiracy – and its protagonists arrested as gang sympathisers.
Sixteen people bear been detained in a series of tall-profile raids,as authorities used new legislation outlawing dialogue with gang members to justify the arrests. Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com