In Salvador, the gang wars have been raging for over thirty years. The country has the highest homicide rate in the world, outside war zones. Nayib Bukele, democratically elected President with 53% of the votes in 2019, aged only 37, proclaimed himself « the coolest dictator of the world ». In eight months’ time, close to 60 000 people were put into prison, in other words 2 % of the population is behind bars. Innocent and guilty people are imprisoned with the most dangerous gang members in the world.
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