El Salvador is close to record homicide-free days

San Salvador, Jan 28 (Prensa Latina) The National Civil Police (PNC) informed on Sunday that El Salvador has so far reached 22 days without murders in January, due to the government policy and the support of the exception regime.

January 28, 2024
11:54

The month with the fewest gang-related homicides was April 2023, with 24 days, and January might tie in or surpass that figure.

With this new day without violence-related deaths, there are six consecutive days without homicides.

If the trend continues, there will be a new record, and the accumulated number of free-death days nationwide will increase after the adoption of the Territorial Control Plan in 2019 and the exception regime on March 27, 2022.

Official figures show that the exception regime allowed for the detention of more than 75,163 terrorists between March 2022 and January 2023 and the occupation of gang logistics, including 7,000 vehicles, nearly 3,600 firearms, mobile phones, and houses, among others.

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