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El Salvador's gangs have made a truce. The murder rate has plummeted. Can it last?

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El Salvador

El Salvador's gangs have made a truce. The murder rate has plummeted. Can it last?

  • San Salvador
  • Carlos Tiberio Valladares is a leader of Mara Salvatrucha
  • Many prisoners get their first gang tattoos while in prison as teenagers
  • A Mara Salvatrucha member shows his facial tattoos
  • Mara Salvatrucha leaders meet in Cuidad Barrios prison
  • Ciudad Barrios prison is extremely overcrowded
  • El Salvador

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    El Salvador's gangs have made a truce. The murder rate has plummeted. Can it last?

    BBC World Service

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