Salvadoran gang crackdown (2022–present)
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A crackdown on gangs began in El Salvador on 27 March 2022 in response to a series of homicides committed by criminal gangs between 25 and 27 March 2022 which killed 87 people. After the killings, the Salvadoran government declared a state of emergency that suspended several constitutional rights and enabled the government to launch mass arrests of suspected gang members. The crackdown and state of emergency have since been extended 43 times as of 1 October 2025. In El Salvador, the crackdown has been called the "State of Exception" or the "War Against the Gangs".
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2022 Salvadoran gang crackdown (2022–present)
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A patrol of the National Civil Police in Zaragoza, El Salvador.
A patrol of the Salvadoran Army in Santa Tecla, El Salvador.
Soldiers during the Blockade of San Marcos, 2024| Type | Subtype | Date | Description | Notes | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| area | region | 1841 | El Salvador | sovereign state, country | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1982 | Battle of Ilopango Airport | battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 2022 | Siege of Soyapango | siege | Wikidata |
| event | war | 1845 | Honduran-Salvadoran War of 1845 | war | Wikidata |
| event | war | 1871 | Honduran-Salvadoran War of 1871 | war, El Salvador, Honduras | Wikidata |
| event | war | 1969 | Hundred Hour War | El Salvador, Honduras, war | Wikidata |
| event | war | 1979 | Salvadoran Civil War | Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front, Armed Forces of El Salvador, civil war | Wikidata |
| event | war | 2022 | Salvadoran gang crackdown (2022–present) | war, military operation, counter-terrorism | Wikidata |
| commons | image | A patrol of the National Civil Police in Zaragoza, El Salvador. | Commons | ||
| commons | image | A patrol of the Salvadoran Army in Santa Tecla, El Salvador. | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Soldiers during the Blockade of San Marcos, 2024 | Commons | ||
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