El Salvador Rings Off Entire Region to Battle Gangs

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Homicide rates and extortions have indeed fallen, meaning Bukele's hardline crackdown on gangs has won supporters at home and abroad despite ignoring basic rights and involving the arrest of lots of innocent people. History, however, has shown that this plunge is unsustainable, as "iron fist" drives in Latin America too often end poorly as they fail to tackle the root causes of violence and fuel resentment.