Carlos Martinez
Thursday, January 12, 2017 - 13:23
The MS13 has called for negotiations with the government, which could include the dismantling of the gang, implying a drastic change in posture since four years ago when the gang's national leadership refused to enter a dialogue about its possible dissolution.
Monday, October 31, 2016 - 07:39
Two videos reveal another layer of secret negotiations between El Salvador’s ruling party, the FMLN, and leaders of the three main gangs in El Salvador. The two videos FMLN members meeting with leaders of the MS13 and the two factions of the Barrio 18 gang, and pledging to provide millions of dollars in aid to the gang members.
Monday, August 1, 2016 - 15:06
El Salvador’s three main gangs have moved toward forming a common front with a coordinating committee and a nonaggression pact that prohibits the invasion of other gangs’ territories and kill missions targeting members of rival gangs.
Tuesday, September 29, 2015 - 06:03
The demand for illicit weapons in El Salvador has surged to such an extent that it has impacted the black market in neighboring Guatemala. Raul Mijango, perhaps the last supporter of a dialogue between the government and gangs as a tool for stopping the rising violence in El Salvador, has stepped aside.
Wednesday, May 28, 2014 - 08:36
With little more than a week until the current government leaves office, judicial and public security authorities dismantled what remained of the truce; all of the channels of dialogue with the gangs are now broken.
Wednesday, May 28, 2014 - 08:19
Cuando falta poco más de una semana para que acabe el presente gobierno, las autoridades de Justicia y Seguridad Pública consiguieron desmantelar lo poco que quedaba de la tregua: todos los mecanismos de diálogo con las pandillas están en este momento rotos.
Tuesday, January 21, 2014 - 00:00
Adam Blackwell hablo con El Faro un dia despues de sostener una reunion con los lideres de las cinco pandillas involucradas en la tregua al interior del penal de Mariona
Friday, December 13, 2013 - 00:00
The truce still has measurable vital signs, despite the explicit animosity between the mediator Raul Mijango and the security minister, Ricardo Perdomo, and the fact that the government has turned its back on it.
Tuesday, December 10, 2013 - 00:00
Mijango comienza esta entrevista hablando de como se fue deteriorando la simbiosis entre mediadores y gobierno
Monday, September 9, 2013 - 00:00
Pocas horas despues del cuadruple homicidio en San Bartolo, la embajada de Estados Unidos en El Salvador anuncio mediante un comunicado el retiro de todo apoyo financiero al Programa de Apoyo Temporal al Ingreso en seis municipios, incluido Ilopango.