El Salvador: Crime Gangs Shut Down National Transport

By Larry Habegger | Permalink | No Comments | September 15th, 2010 | Trackback

Criminal gangs protesting a new law that will make gang membership a crime shut down the public transport system throughout the country for several days by telling drivers and business owners to heed the closure or “face the consequences.” Thousands of troops were deployed to protect those who did try to move about the cities but roughly 80 percent of all transport was suspended. Tensions are unlikely to diminish as the government presses its case against the gangs.

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