Conflictos

¿Es suficiente la mano dura para ganar la ‘guerra’ contra las pandillas en El Salvador?

En un país con 30,7% de pobreza y una población que migra en busca de empleo, para resolver este problema se deben ‘modificar las condiciones que hacen que un sector recurra a la vida de crimen para subsistir’, señala experto sobre el tema.

Handout picture released by the press secretary of the Salvadorean Presidency on March 28, 2022 showing members of the Mara Salvatrucha and Barrio 18 gangs under custody during the weekend at the prison in Ciudad Barrios, El Salvador, after the rise in homicide figures that occurred over the past weekend. - El Salvador's President Nayib Bukele issued an ultimatum on March 28, 2022, to gangs considered responsible for dozens of homicides in the ast three days, threatening to increase punishments on their more than 16,000 imprisoned members. The Central American nation declared a state of emergency on Sunday as it endures a fresh wave of gang violence, with police reporting 87 dead since Friday. (Photo by EL SALVADOR'S PRESIDENCY PRESS OFFICE / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO / SALVADOREAN PRESIDENCY" - NO MARKETING - NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS
Handout picture released by the press secretary of the Salvadorean Presidency on March 28, 2022 showing members of the Mara Salvatrucha and Barrio 18 gangs under custody during the weekend at the prison in Ciudad Barrios, El Salvador, after the rise in homicide figures that occurred over the past weekend. - El Salvador's President Nayib Bukele issued an ultimatum on March 28, 2022, to gangs considered responsible for dozens of homicides in the ast three days, threatening to increase punishments on their more than 16,000 imprisoned members. The Central American nation declared a state of emergency on Sunday as it endures a fresh wave of gang violence, with police reporting 87 dead since Friday. (Photo by EL SALVADOR'S PRESIDENCY PRESS OFFICE / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO / SALVADOREAN PRESIDENCY" - NO MARKETING - NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS -

San Salvador. La “guerra contra las pandillas” que libra en El Salvador el presidente Nayib Bukele, cumple un mes con más de 18.000 detenidos, pero ganarla pasa por ofrecer alternativas a quienes ven en este cruel submundo una salida a la pobreza.

Bajo un régimen de excepción que se extenderá al menos hasta fines de mayo, la Policía y el ejército detienen sospechosos sin órdenes judiciales, la mayoría con tatuajes que representan a sus bandas. Todo ello tras una ola criminal que a fines de marzo dejó 87 muertos.

Para Amnistía Internacional, la medida de Bukele desató una “tormenta perfecta de violaciones a los derechos humanos”, con detenciones arbitrarias incluso de menores de entre 10 y 12 años, de poblaciones pobres.

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