El Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele has asked his country's congress to approve a state of emergency, to combat a wave of gang-related killings over the weekend. Local media reported that about 50 people had been killed.
Local media reported that about 50 people had been killed, a scale of violence that has not been seen for years.
While Bukele has tried to project a tough attitude on crime, the country’s enormously powerful street gangs have proved a double-edged sword for him. The president responded sarcastically via Twitter to the accusations. “Cell phones and prostitutes in the prisons? Money to the gangs? When did that happen? Didn’t they even check the date? How can they put out a such an obvious lie without anyone questioning them?”
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