teacher audelia has lived here since the late 1990s la campanera, in the capital s notorious soyapango district. more than 20 years ago, rival gangs the ms 13 and the 18th street gang took control of neighbourhoods across the country. they became, in effect, no go areas for outsiders and the police. thousands were murdered or caught in the crossfire. and in those years of the growth of the gangs, can you explain to us what it was like living here? but in the last 12 months, audelia has witnessed the change on these streets that she never thought possible. for the past year, el salvador has been living under an emergency measure called the state of exception. police and military have been mobilised in vast numbers and some constitutional rights suspended. defeating the gangs was one of the main election promises of nayib bukele, a former marketing executive turned president. so, what s the policy meant on the streets? in the suburbs of san salvador, another security patrol i
human rights groups are dismayed, as are relatives, at the thousands that have been arbitrarily arrested. peace may have come to el salvador, but at what price? teacher audelia has lived here since the late 1990s la campanera in the capital s notorious soyapango district. more than 20 years ago, rival gangs the ms 13 and the 18th street gang took control of neighbourhoods across the country. they became, in effect, no go areas for outsiders and the police. thousands were murdered or caught in the crossfire. and in those years of the growth of the gangs, can you explain to us what it was like living here? but in the last 12 months, audelia has witnessed the change on these streets that she never thought possible. for the past year, el salvador has been living under an emergency measure called the state of exception. police and military have been mobilised in vast numbers and some constitutional rights suspended. defeating the gangs was one of the main election promises of na
underside hidden from view. human rights groups are dismayed, as are relatives, at the thousands that have been arbitrarily arrested. peace may have come to el salvador, but at what price? teacher audelia has lived here since the late 1990s la campanera in the capital s notorious soyapango district. more than 20 years ago, rival gangs the ms 13 and the 18th street gang took control of neighbourhoods across the country. they became, in effect, no go areas for outsiders and the police. thousands were murdered or caught in the crossfire. and in those years of the growth of the gangs, can you explain to us what it was like living here? but in the last 12 months, audelia has witnessed the change on these streets that she never thought possible. for the past year, el salvador has been living under an emergency measure called the state of exception. police and military have been mobilised in vast numbers and some constitutional rights suspended. defeating the gangs was one of the
for a year, the country s media savvy president has declared war on gangs. ..imposing emergency security measures and giving police sweeping powers of arrest. thousands are now behind bars. and the country is transforming before people s eyes. but there s a dark underside hidden from view. human rights groups are dismayed, as are relatives, as thousands have been arbitrarily arrested. peace may have come to el salvador, but at what price? teacher audelia has lived here since the late 1990s la campanera in the capital s notorious soyapango district. more than 20 years ago, rival gangs the ms 13 and the 18th street gang took control of neighbourhoods across the country. they became, in effect, no go areas for outsiders and the police. thousands were murdered or caught in the crossfire. and in those years of the growth of the gangs, can you explain to us what it was like living here? but in the last 12 months, audelia has witnessed the change on these streets that she never th
but there s a dark underside hidden from view. human rights groups are dismayed, as are relatives, at the thousands that have been arbitrarily arrested. peace may have come to el salvador, but at what price? la campanera, in the capital s notorious soyapango district. more than 20 years ago, rival gangs the ms 13 and the 18th street gang took control of neighbourhoods across the country. they became, in effect, no go areas for outsiders and the police. thousands were murdered or caught in the crossfire. and in those years of the growth of the gangs, can you explain to us what it was like living here? but in the last 12 months, audelia has witnessed the change on these streets that she never thought possible. for the past year, el salvador has been living under an emergency measure called the state of exception. police and military have been mobilised in vast numbers and some constitutional rights suspended. defeating the gangs was one of the main election promises of nayib bu