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El Salvador to extend homicide-free days

San Salvador, Jan 16 (Prensa Latina) El Salvador recorded 14 days without homicides and is working to extend that chain to reduce the annual murder rate.

This was confirmed by a member of the National Civil Police (PNC) who also pointed out that the country since the Territorial Control Plan was applied in 2019 records 809 consecutive days without murders attributable to the gangs.

Last Wednesday, January 15, ended with a record of zero homicides nationwide, according to the official statistics of the National Civil Police (PNC) published this morning.

The year 2024 ended with a fatality rate of 1,9 per 100,000 inhabitants, the lowest in its history, which placed the country as the safest in the Western Hemisphere.

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