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El Salvador Jailed 64,000 Gangsters in Crime Crackdown, Defense Minister Says
- Authorities seeking 30,000 alleged criminals still at large
- El Salvador now has the world’s highest incarceration rate
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El Salvador has jailed more than 64,000 gang members in nearly a year of using emergency powers, according to the government.
Even so, there are still about 30,000 gangsters still at large, who are being sought by the authorities, Defense Minister Rene Merino said Monday, in a TV interview with Telecorporación Salvadoreña.