Salvadorans wearing white shirts as a symbol of peace while taking part in the national march for Life, Peace and Justice organized by the government in power, of the left wing political party FMLN (Farabundo Marti National Liberation Front). Thousands of Salvadorans participated in the march to show their support for a a better country.
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Police investigators, a forensic doctor and the district attorney check the boy of a 14 years old boy who was shot in the head and body.
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Youngsters enjoying the amusement rides at the fair during the holiday
celebration in honor of San Salvador's patron the Divine Savior of the
World Jesus Christ. During the holiday weekend there were a total of 50
homicides including two which happened at the country fair's site where a
member of the MS gang was murdered.
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Graffiti from the Barrio 18 gang at a kids playground inside the Santisima Trinidad neighborhood which is under control by the gang, the community that is located in the district of Soyapango, which is one of the dangerous and has a high level of gang ac
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A soldier stands guard at the entrance of a public school. The
Salvadoran government has provided this service to many public schools
to prevent any gang violence.
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Skulls of young person who were found in mass graves or without identification are being studied at the Forensic Anthropology department of the Institute of Legal Medicine (IML).
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A boy plays with is car as police officers stand guard at a double homicide scene next door to the kid's house, where Elba Doris Barahona and her brother Job Navidad Barahona were gunned down by gang members early in the morning.
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Salvadoran families listen to the instructions given by an immigration employee after arriving deported from Mexico. Many Salvadorans are leaving the country due to the high levels of violence and lack of opportunities.
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Rolando poses for a portrait to show his gun shot wounds, he was shot six time one day a few steps from his house around 6:30 in the morning. He just remembers seeing two guys walk by him and then he was shot.
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Family, friends and members of the National Civil police placing flower arrangements on the tomb of at the funeral service of a fallen colleague who was gunned down by gang members or "maras" while on duty. He leaves behind a 1 year old child and a wife.
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Police officers of the 911 Halcones unit stop and search a couple of teenagers suspected of being lookouts and members of the Barrio 18 gang which controls la Dina community, under the new terrorism law all gang members are consider terrorist including those persons who aid or associate with gangs.
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A kid heads to school in La Vega neighborhood, which is consider dangerous due to gang activity and violence.
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A teenager heads to school as he was by a crime scene where a man was shot gang member early in the morning.
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A member of the Barrio 18 gang is arrested during a night raid, under the new terrorism law all gang members are consider terrorist including those persons who aid or associate with gangs.
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