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El Salvador Building More Prisons to House Thousands Arrested in Gang Sweep

El Salvador’s Legislative Assembly approved on Tuesday a law to expedite the construction of new prisons, El Salvador’s La Prensa Gráfica newspaper reported, noting the legislation aims to help accommodate some of the 13,573 alleged gang members arrested by police in the country over the past month as part of an unprecedented crime crackdown.

Members of the MS-13 and 18 gangs remain in an overcrowded cell as a security guard of the Director of the General Directorate of Penal Centers, Osiris Luna (out of frame), stands by, at the Quezaltepeque prison, in Quezaltepeque, El Salvador, on September 4, 2020. - Authorities from the General …

DREAMers Arrested in Nationwide Gang Crackdown

Federal immigration officials arrested nearly 1,400 gang members in a nationwide 6-week operation, including illegal immigrants gang members who had protected status under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program.

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