In El Salvador, Gang Killings Take An Agonizing Toll

In El Salvador, Gang Killings Take An Agonizing Toll

By Carrie Kahn

Last month was the deadliest on record in the Central America country since the end of the civil war in 1992. There are more than 30 murders a day, due to gang violence.

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