Previosuly they kept members of the same gang in the same prison, but with the new move,they have mixed members of rival gangs ,Barrio 18 and Mara Salvatrucha.
Images show handcuffed members from the notorious Barrio 18 gang being marched onto buses taking them from Izalco jail to San Francisco Gotera in an effort to curb gang violence.
In all 1,177 Barrio 18 members were transferred.The policy of mixing the gangs together came about when officials realised that gangs were directing criminal activity from within prison walls.
In January, the Salvadoran government authorized the police to shoot 'without any fear of suffering consequences' if threatened by gang members.
Violence in El Salvador has increased over the past year after a 2012 truce between Barrio 18 - also known as 18th Street Gang, because it started in the 1960s near 18th Street in LA's Rampart District - and MS-13 started to unravel.
The most dangerous prison should be protected with higher efficiency. Especially when the prison is designed for 800 people, and already there contains 2000 https://www.naij.com/965810-shocking-2000-inmates-currently-ikoyi-prison-800-capacity.html. This prison is in Nigeria!!!
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