After two years of emergency regime, barely 75% of gang members of The Savior have been detained within the framework of the «guerra» by criminal groups known as maras, said on Tuesday the minister of Security, Gustavo Villatoro.
Villatoro reported that the detained They add up to 79,184 and now the authorities They work to locate gang “remnants.” The previous balance was 78,000 arrested.
Minister of Justice and Security Gustavo Villatoro
«The record of captures that we have, in general terms we can say that we are walking on 75% of what we had registered, and in that case, it is 25% that would be missing. [en ser detenido]», declared Villatoro in a televised interview.
About 25,000 remain to be arrested gang membersadded the ministerbut clarified that “not all” are in the countrybecause many have fled.
Within the framework of the guerra declared by Watch it On March 27, 2022, the authorities 3,965 have been seized armas of fire, 8,122 vehicles and 20,140 cell phones in the possession of gang membersaccording to an official balance sheet.
Watch it declared the “guerra» to the gangs protected by a regime of exception, after an escalation of 87 homicides in one weekend.
With the massive deployment of military y police, Watch itHe destroyed the structures of the maras or gangs, which were financed by extortion, contract killings, and retail drug sales. Those who refused to pay were killed or had a family member killed.
A investigation InSight Crime estimated that in the countrythere were at that time almost 120,000 gang members: The Mara Salvatrucha had 78,000 and Barrio 18, with its two factions, about 41,000.
“In a short time” we have seen the “transformation” in terms of security in it countrystated Villatoro, although the organizations of rights humans They criticize the emergency regime, which allows arrests without a court order.
Las authorities have freed more than 7,000 innocent people who were in prison accused of being gang members.