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El Salvador's leader, criticized internationally for gang crackdown, tells UN it was the right thing : r/worldnews
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The gangs of El Salvador: inside the prison the guards are too afraid to enter, Photography
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Prince of Peace
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Gangs' Truce Buys El Salvador a Tenuous Peace
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MS-13 - Wikipedia
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Fragile peace in San Salvador as youth gangs trade weapons for jobs and hope, El Salvador
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Why Are People Fleeing Central America? A New Breed of Gangs Is Taking Over. - WSJ
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Would you give a job to this gangster?, El Salvador
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Inside El Salvador's battle with violence, poverty, and U.S. policy
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Violent deaths in El Salvador spiked 70% in 2015, figures reveal, El Salvador
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On Our Radar Crisis Group
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Central America's Turbulent Northern Triangle
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