SAN SALVADOR: El Salvadoran lawmakers on Sunday (Monday in Manila) declared a state of emergency at President Nayib Bukele's request, expanding police powers and curtailing civil liberties as the country faces soaring gang-related bloodshed that has left dozens dead in just two days.
The small Central American nation has endured a fresh wave of gang violence, with police reporting 62 people killed last Saturday alone and another 14 last Friday.
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