Thousands of tattooed inmates pictured in El Salvador mega-prison

[Loki]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-64770716

The first group of 2,000 suspected gang members in El Salvador have been moved to a huge new prison, the centrepiece of President Nayib Bukele's self-declared war on crime.

Tens of thousands of suspected gangsters have been rounded up in the country under a state of emergency following a spike in murders and other violent crime.



The jail will eventually hold more than 40,000 people.

Pictures show the first massive group of inmates - tattooed and barefoot - being led led to the facility.



Many more fascinating pictures, see the BBC article.

[Colonel Frank Grimes]

These gangs were formed in the US. When immigrant gang members were deported to El Salvador they began recruiting locals.

[Celestia]

El Salvador’s homicide rate has steadily decreased over the years. Seems like they’re doing a good job of of cleaning up the country and keeping their criminals imprisoned.



The MS-13 are one of the most dangerous gangs here in America. Hopefully we are deporting them back to El Salvador rather than keeping them in our prison system.

[Sacrificed Ram]

These gangs were formed in the US. When immigrant gang members were deported to El Salvador they began recruiting locals.

Who? Taliban has the same history...

[Atlantic Reptilian]

What a sad waste of humans lives...

[Incal]

Bukele should be president of the whole world.

[B01AB20]

What a sad waste of humans lives...

Recently an attempt to build a latin gang in Barcelona was aborted arresting the guy who came here expressly to built it from USA. A salvadorean I think.

He was recruiting Honduran immigrants in local schools.

They're in school still, it seems 'society' is not discriminate or pushing them to a criminal life, but many get recruited.

[Atlantic Reptilian]

Recently an attempt to build a latin gang in Barcelona was aborted arresting the guy who came here expressly to built it from USA. A salvadorean I think.

He was recruiting Honduran immigrants in local schools.

They're in school still, it seems 'society' is not discriminate or pushing them to a criminal life, but many get recruited.

Can you tell me more about this? Why are people willing to become members of this gang?

[B01AB20]

Can you tell me more about this? Why are people willing to become members of this gang?

As EL PERIÓDICO advanced, the Urban Guard of Barcelona had already detected before the National Police began to investigate this organization that several young people, some minors, were emulating behaviors typical of Latin gangs in the Parc de la Guineueta, trying to territorially dominate that public space or even commit crimes that fit within the rituals of recruitment, tests that applicants must pass to belong to the collective. In schools, several teachers had also warned that there were students with behavioral problems that could be related to the influence of a Latin gang.

full article here: https://www.elperiodico.com/es/socie...spana-82787735


The leader did not come from USA, he lives in Spain and received orders from Honduras. A mistake of mine or I merged similar incidents, they're frequent in Spain nowadays.

You can use automatic translator, it's quite reliable. I use the one of Bing,

[Incal]

Can you tell me more about this? Why are people willing to become members of this gang?

Because they are lazy and scum.