El Salvador closed 2024 with a record low 114 homicides, continuing notable security gains under a second full year of a state of emergency that has given the government extraordinary powers and curtailed some fundamental rights

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Published on: 01/01/2025 | 23:12:34

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El Salvador closed 2024 with a record low 114 homicides, continuing notable security gains. Not all nations had published their 2024 annual totals. El Salvador’s official total does not include the killings of five suspected gang members in shootouts with security forces. Congress continues to renew special powers each month. The gangs’ repressive control made it difficult and dangerous for residents to travel between neighborhoods. Now residents say they can walk their neighborhoods without fear.

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