Salvadoran gang crackdown (2022–present)

ongoing large-scale arrests of alleged gang members in El Salvador. 

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2022 Blockade of the Cabañas Department, counter-terrorism, El Salvador, military operation, Siege of Apopa, Siege of Nueva Concepción, Siege of Soyapango, war, 

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  Blockade of the Cabañas Department 2023
  
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  Siege of Soyapango 2022
  
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  Salvadoran Civil War 1979
  

Battle of Ilopango Airport – Battle of the Mejicanos (1823) – Hundred Hour War – Salvadoran Civil War – Siege of Apopa – Siege of Soyapango – 

2022-01-01T00:00:00Z

2022-01-01

2023-08-01T00:00:00Z

Blockade of the Cabañas Department 2023

2023-10-11T00:00:00Z

Siege of Apopa 2023

2023-05-17T00:00:00Z

Siege of Nueva Concepción 2023

2022-12-03T00:00:00Z

Siege of Soyapango 2022

1979-10-15T00:00:00Z

Salvadoran Civil War 1979

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Frameless

A patrol of the National Civil Police in Zaragoza, El Salvador.

A patrol of the Salvadoran Army in Santa Tecla, El Salvador.

Guerra contra las pandillas en El Salvador

Soldiers during the Blockade of San Marcos, 2024

The Legislative Assembly of El Salvador voting to implement the State of Exception on 27 March 2022

Type	Date	Description	Keywords	Notes	Source
conflict	2023	Blockade of the Cabañas Department	police raid		Wikidata
conflict	2023	Siege of Apopa	siege		Wikidata
conflict	2023	Siege of Nueva Concepción	police raid		Wikidata
conflict	2022	Siege of Soyapango	siege		Wikidata
war	1979	Salvadoran Civil War	civil war, Central American crisis		Wikidata
image	2022	A patrol of the National Civil Police in Zaragoza, El Salvador.			Wikimedia
image	2022	A patrol of the Salvadoran Army in Santa Tecla, El Salvador.			Wikimedia
image	2022	Guerra contra las pandillas en El Salvador			Wikimedia
image	2024	Soldiers during the Blockade of San Marcos, 2024			Wikimedia
image	2022	The Legislative Assembly of El Salvador voting to implement the State of Exception on 27 March 2022			Wikimedia

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