Sanchez Ceren Sworn in as El Salvador President

Salvador Sanchez Ceren was sworn in as president of El Salvador vowing to fight organized crime and boost the economy in a country with one of the world’s highest homicide rates.

“Development is not possible if citizens’ security is not guaranteed first and to achieve this we need to unite as a country,” Sanchez Ceren, 69, said yesterday after donning the white and blue presidential sash in the capital, San Salvador. “We need to fight against organized crime, drug trafficking, extortions and all expressions of violence and we’re going to do so using all legal instruments of the state.”