El Salvador’s Military Siege Restores Security in the North– ticotimes.net

A military siege imposed almost two months ago to combat gangs in Chalatenango, a region in northern El Salvador, has brought security back to the streets of the area, residents said on Wednesday.

“For me, what has been seen is a success, for me it is good, we feel confident, and we can sleep on the porch (of the house), there is no fear,” said María Portillo, a 56-year-old vendor in the community of Guarjila, Chalatenango.

The president of El Salvador, Nayib Bukele, as part of his anti-gang “war,” ordered the deployment of 6,000 soldiers and police on March 24 to dismantle gang remnants after two homicides in Chalatenango, about 90 km north of San Salvador.

The authorities captured the two suspects of the double murder, who are allegedly members of the Sureños faction of the Barrio 18 gang.