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The Salvadoran president confirms the deployment of 10,000 troops against the Soyapango gangs

MADRID, 3 Dic.

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The Salvadoran president confirms the deployment of 10,000 troops against the Soyapango gangs

MADRID, 3 Dic. (EUROPA PRESS) -

The President of El Salvador, Nayib Bukele, announced this Saturday that the municipality of Soyapango, attached to the country's capital, is currently "completely closed" due to the deployment of some 10,000 security personnel to end the threat of the gangs in the territory.

"8,500 soldiers and 1,500 agents have surrounded the city, while the extraction teams of the Police and the Army are in charge of removing all the gang members that are still there one by one," the president declared through his account. Twitter.

The president decreed a state of emergency at the end of March - when the country registered up to 62 homicides in just one day - which has been extended in recent months and under which more than 50,000 suspected gang members

"Ordinary citizens have nothing to fear and can continue to lead their lives normally. This is an operation against criminals, not against honest citizens," the president added in the following message.

"Phase 5 of the Territorial Control Plan has begun", Bukele has settled in relation to this security plan that, as he made it known on Thursday, managed to close November with a balance of 13 homicides, thus placing himself in the month " safest" in the entire history of the Central American country.

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