El Salvador sends 4,000 security forces into 3 communities to pursue gang members

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Click here to see the summaryBukele announced the pre-dawn operation in a slickly produced video posted to the platform X. Soldiers and police were sent to surround the densely populated communities of Popotlan, Valle Verde and La Campanera outside San Salvador, the president said. “We are not going to stop until we capture the last terrorist that remains,” Bukele wrote, using a phrase that typically refers to members of gangs who have been accused of drug trafficking, protection rackets and extortion. The crackdown has allowed a renewal of everyday life in the public spaces of Salvadoran communities once cowed by the gangs, but critics say the arrests have been made without due process and that thousands of innocents have been swept up in the effort. The emergency powers suspend some constitutional rights, such as being told why you’re being arrested and access to an attorney. Security forces have executed similar operations over the past year and a half. — Saved 57% of original text.