The actions against drug trafficking are not only executed in the Pacific Ocean where more than 45 tons of drugs were captured since 2019, the fight today is carried out inside the country and in prisons, said Security Minister Gustavo Villatoro.

For more than three weeks, the authorities have been registering more than 20 people arrested with drugs in our streets and cities, which we will not tolerate either, he said.

Without neglecting any part of the Salvadoran territory, we continue destroying the criminal economy.

We need future generations to grow up with the right incentives, he said, mentioning that two methamphetamine distributors were arrested, which is a fashionable drug in foreign markets.

Villatoro also reported the arrest of a gang made up of 22 people who were burying drugs coming from Nicaragua and then selling them. From investigations, the detainees were members of a transnational structure,” the prosecutor’s office reported on its official X account.

The prosecutor’s office specified that the operation is part of an investigation that began a year ago, thanks to which a total of 605 kilos of cocaine, valued at 15, 210,000 dollars, has been seized.

As part of the fight against crime, 119 foreigners were arrested on the high seas for drug trafficking and 30 were convicted in the country, said the prosecutor’s office.

While the government does not let up in the fight against gangs and other types of crime, it intensifies its actions internally to reduce the price of basic foodstuffs with the opening of more than 55 agro-markets that sell at lower prices than traditional markets.

Negotiations are also progressing with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to obtain a loan and a Free Trade Agreement with China to increase exports to this country’s market.

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