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Weekly Report - 04 September 2014 (WR-14-35)
EL SALVADOR: Gang truce redux as homicides spike
Homicides in the first eight months of 2014 have already surpassed the figure for the whole of last year, the national police (PNC) revealed on 1 September. The alarming figures were released two days after a joint press release by El Salvador’s main street gangs, Mara Salvatrucha (MS-13) and Mara-18 (M-18), announcing a new truce, as of 24 August, aimed at reducing escalating homicide rates in the country. The average homicide rate on a daily basis currently stands at 11 per day compared with the five to eight murders per day registered last year when the original truce was in place.
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