LatinNews Daily Report - 17 October 2012

Development: On 16 October the US ambassador to El Salvador, Mari Carmen Aponte, said that the US’s recent designation of one of the two main street gangs (maras) in El Salvador - Mara Salvatrucha (MS-13) - as an international criminal organisation was “independent” of the truce between MS-13 and its main rival, M-18, announced in March, which is considered the main reason behind a major drop in homicide rates in the country.

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