El Salvador arrests thousands more in operation against criminal gangs
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Police in El Salvador have arrested tens of thousands of suspected gang members since President Nayib Bukele declared a "war" on criminal groups seven months ago
"There have been more than 55,000 captures" of alleged gang members since March, when the government was handed emergency powers to arrest such suspects without a warrant, Minister of Justice Gustavo Villatoro said on Friday.
The number of arrests comes on top of some 16,000 that had already been made before the emergency powers were granted.
"We are winning the war (against organised crime) and we will continue to deploy thousands of police and soldiers every day to arrest these terrorists,"
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