Salvadoran troops surround a major city in crackdown on gangs

By Agence France-Presse

Dec 05, 2022 12:03 am

San Salvador, El Salvador: Around 10,000 Salvadoran army troops and police officers surrounded the populous city of Soyapango, on the outskirts of capital San Salvador, as the government stepped up its fight against criminal gangs, President Nayib Bukele announced Saturday (Sunday in Manila).

The operation was part of a state of emergency declared by Bukele earlier this spring following a surge in gang violence.

A handout picture released by El Salvador's Presidency press office shows a soldier checking the body of a man for tattoos during an operation searching for gang members in Soyapango, El Salvador, on Dec. 3, 2022 (December 4 in Manila). AFP PHOTO

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