Costa Rica looks to El Salvador’s gang crackdown for path to stopping violence

Costa Rica looks to El Salvador’s gang crackdown for path to stopping violence

SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) — Costa Rica's security minister arrived in El Salvador on Friday to study the measures it has taken to reduce violence caused by powerful street gangs during a now three-year offensive under a state of…

Minister Villatoro explained that Costa Rican authorities make a visit to El Salvador to learn about the experience of what Nayib Bukele has promoted since 2019. EL SALVADOR.- The Minister of Justice and Public Security, Gustavo Villatoro, received Justice and Peace Minister Gerald Campos Valverde, and Vice Minister of Justice Juan Carlos Arias Agüero of Costa Rica, to discuss security issues. The Ministry of Security stated that Villatoro first…

To know the security model with which El Salvador combats terrorist structures is what a Costa Rican government delegation that visits the country this Friday is looking for. The team is commanded by the Minister of Justice and Peace, Ronald Campos Valverde, the vice minister and a team of that Costa Rican government institution. Campos Valverde said that the high levels of security that El Salvador enjoys motivated President Rodrigo Chaves to t…