Centroamérica

Miles de familias recuperan casas usurpadas por pandillas en El Salvador

Según Nayib Bukele, el régimen de excepción permitió arrebatar el control que las pandillas tenían sobre el 80% del territorio salvadoreño

Housing Minister Michelle Sol (R) speaks with Ana Vilma Cuellar, a woman who bought a house with her husband 15 years ago but never lived in it for fear of gangs in La Campanera, municipality of Soyapango, El Salvador, on January 13, 2023. - Because the army and police captured or caused the gang members to flee, people are now arriving daily in La Campanera to reclaim their homes. Many were built by the state-owned Fondo Social para la Vivienda (FSV), which now supports the claims of their rightful owners. (Photo by Marvin RECINOS / AFP)
Housing Minister Michelle Sol (R) speaks with Ana Vilma Cuellar, a woman who bought a house with her husband 15 years ago but never lived in it for fear of gangs in La Campanera, municipality of Soyapango, El Salvador, on January 13, 2023. - Because the army and police captured or caused the gang members to flee, people are now arriving daily in La Campanera to reclaim their homes. Many were built by the state-owned Fondo Social para la Vivienda (FSV), which now supports the claims of their rightful owners. (Photo by Marvin RECINOS / AFP) MARVIN RECINOS

San Salvador. Ana Vilma Cuéllar debió vencer el miedo para regresar después de dos décadas a La Campanera, un populoso suburbio de San Salvador, para recuperar una casa que nunca pudo habitar porque pandilleros se apoderaron de toda la zona.

"Es una alegría", dice entre lágrimas esta mujer de 62 años, quien confía en poder finalmente residir allí tras la "guerra" contra las pandillas emprendida por el presidente Nayib Bukele hace casi un año.

Su marido compró el inmueble en 2002 a una entidad estatal, pero nunca pudo ocuparlo.

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