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If approved by the legislature, it would be the nineteenth extension of the measure, which overrides several constitutional guarantees and which, according to the government, has proven its effectiveness to date by reducing homicides in the country following the arrest of nearly 73,000 accused gang members and collaborators.
After receiving the motion, the President of the Assembly, Ernesto Castro, a representative of Nuevas Ideas, stated that “it will be discussed today in plenary,” which always leads to a lengthy discussion between supporters and opponents of the measure.
However, the proposal is always accepted because the ruling party has 56 MPs and other parties also add votes to achieve a majority.
Castró said before the start of today’s meetings that the request would be approved and extended “until it is necessary and until our country demands it.”
A statement from the Presidential House shows that the President of the Republic, Nayib Bukele, announced this morning the construction of three military fences in communities in the north and northeast of the capital.
According to the report, since dawn, 3,500 soldiers from the Armed Forces of El Salvador (FAES) and 500 officers from the National Civil Police (PNC) have been part of the fences in the Popotlán and Valle Verde neighborhoods in Apopa’s jurisdiction; and in La Campanera, in the municipality of Soyapango.
According to Bukele, this operation continues to carry out the fifth phase of the territorial control plan called “Extraction”, which intensifies the fight against gang structures that have caused grief and pain among the Salvadoran population for decades.
“We will not stop until we capture the last remaining terrorist. We will not allow small remnants to regroup and deprive us of the peace that cost us so much,” said the head of state.
Other areas where security fences are maintained include Cabañas Department; Nueva Concepción, from Chalatenango; The communities of La Granjita and Tutunichapa with the aim of conquering gang strongholds.
While rural police agents and employees of the Social Housing Fund carried out an operation to verify the legality of ownership of houses in the “La Campanera” neighborhood, in the municipality of Soyapango, where a girl aged seven years old lived.
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