El Salvador military surrounds town after police killing
San Salvador (AFP) May 17, 2023
El Salvador's President Nayib Bukele announced on Wednesday that the armed forces had imposed a security cordon around a town where suspected gangsters killed a police officer. Just over a year ago, Bukele launched a controversial "war" on gangs in which more than 68,000 suspected gang members have been arrested without a warrant under a state of emergency. The police officer was killed