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MS13, MS-13 or Mara Salvatrucha gang profile.

This story originally appeared on InsightCrime.org on March 11, 2019. It is republished by ElSalvadorINFO.net under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 license. The Mara Salvatrucha, or MS-13, is perhaps the most notorious street gang in the Western Hemisphere. While MS13 has its origins in the poor, refugee-laden neighborhoods of 1980s … Read more

2021 Traffic accidents in El Salvador reduced by 6.8% compared to 2019

Romeo Rodriguez, the Minister of Public Works, affirmed that the traffic accidents in El Salvador in 2021 had been reduced by 6.8%, compared to 2019; it is equivalent to 1,367 fewer accidents that have occurred on the roads, said the minister. Minister Rodriguez made the affirmation at a press conference … Read more