El Salvador declares state of emergency over gang killings

By Agence France-Presse

Mar 29, 2022 12:02 am

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.

People demonstrate against Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele and for an independent judiciary in San Salvador, on December 12, 2021. (Photo by MARVIN RECINOS / AFP)

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