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.
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.
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