El Salvador has sent over 5,000 soldiers and 500 police to a small town after President Nayib Bukele said gang members killed a member of the national police.
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More than 5,000 soldiers and 500 police encircled a small town in northern El Salvador after President Nayib Bukele said Wednesday gang members had killed a .
The operation was one of the largest mobilizations yet in President Nayib Bukele’s nine-month-old crackdown on street gangs that long extorted money from businesses and ruled many neighborhoods.