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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 irons. eyes. but there is a dark underside hidden from view. human rights groups are dismayed, as our relatives, as thousands have been arbitrarily arrested. peace may have come to el salvador but at what price? teacher aurelia has lived here for decades, soyapango in the 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 naga 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? in the last 12 months, aurelia has witnessed the change on the streets that she never thought possible. for the past year, el salvador has be ....

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