Investigating El Salvador's gang crackdown and forced disappearances | Fault Lines Documentary
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- In El Salvador, Gabriel Urrutia searches for his wife and stepdaughter, who were jailed in the country’s repressive crackdown on gangs that has resulted in nearly 70,000 arrests since March 2022.
The government suspended the constitutional right to legal defence and made it possible to imprison people indefinitely before trial. Like Gabriel’s family members, many others have disappeared into the country's dangerous and overcrowded prisons. Human rights groups have documented many in-custody deaths since the start of the state of emergency.
Despite El Salvador’s new repressive reality, the policy is extremely popular and has helped President Nayib Bukele consolidate his hold on power.
Fault Lines travels to El Salvador to report on the war on gangs and investigate claims of abuse and deaths in prison.
Producers: Mark Scialla and Neil Brandvold
Correspondent: Monica Villamizar
Director of Photography: Neil Brandvold
El Salvador Producer: Salvatore Escalante
Editor: Leslie Atkins
Executive Producer: Laila Al-Arian
Additional Camera: Mark Scialla
Fact Checker: Abdulai Bah
Digital Producer: Riham Mansour
Sound Mixer: Linus Bergman
Production Manager: Anabelle Rojas
Archivist: Shelley Simpson
Special Thanks: Kavitha Chekuru
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This video is Misinforming; people whom aren’t salvadorians can buy your misinformation, i as a Salvadorian can say you are far from the truth.
Excellent documentary
Obvious propaganda is obvious propaganda.
Did you ask the humans rights if they had gone to help and ask the government to punish this monsters who have hurt their families? No you didn't. Your reporting is trash. Yes I'm from El salvador, who has live seen it all, including the Civil war.
You guys need to learn to read the room, Jesus.
I’m a Salvadorean native and I do support 100% the president decision, the criminal gangs were absolutely terrorizing the entire population, so yes we do support this measures that the government has taken
GOD BLESS YOU AND YOURS 💕
Until... until one of your innocent loved ones gets arrested.
@@ssjrose9641tbf the number of innocent getting jailed are really small percentage compared to gang member. Also one could argue that the number of innocent death due to false accusation is 50 time smaller than when the gangs were ruling the streets. Ideally the cops and judicial system should be perfected to stop those but right now I would say it’s the best choice for El Salvador in the short term.
🤣🤣🤣🤣jajaja, anda proba que te lleven preso a ver! jaja
Let's see what you'll say when it happens to your innocent loved ones!
I am from Honduras, for someone who has experience first hand, what gang members and associates can do, did and are still doing in my country, I find it repulsive to hear anyone pleading for those people. They have have never experience the terror, of receiving an unanimous note asking you for an amount of money that you don’t have…and if you don’t comply by the end of the week, you better move from your house…That was the reality for millions in El Salvador, the reality that people in Honduras is still living. It’s easy to speak when you know there will be no consequences.
🙏,
These channels can’t even go film in infested gang countries.. they went to El Salvador and were able to film with peace because of the work the government is doing, and still not enough. In the past these media folks couldn’t film without police patrol.
There is clearly an agenda to discredit what the government is doing. Thank God the majority of people do not believe what the media says, we have focus on the job done in El Salvador, we can compare the past and the present and in God we hope for a better future. Gracias por el apoyo mi hermano hondureño que las cosas también se mejoren en honduras y latino america, donde lo que se impone es el poder de las grandes naciones dejando los pueblos en la sos obra.
I am an American and I visited Dulce Nombre, outside of San Pedro Sula in Honduras. I visited back in 2018. When I was there (the first time out of my country), what us American’s see in the “movies” or hear about it 150% true. The first day there we were stopped by the police and they forced us to “pay up” and also ransacked our luggage. The third day we were there our storage unit was broken into and all of our tools, and ladders were stolen. The very next day the police stopped me, and threatened to arrest me because of the tattoos on my hands stating I was in a gang. And the absolute scariest thing, was the last day we were there I witnessed a cold blooded murder 5 feet in front of me. And the scariest part of it all, was the fact all of the locals acted like nothing. Meanwhile I was experiencing the most terrifying moment of my life. What you say is beyond true. People have NO clue the terror that happens outside of the United States. God Bless you and your loved ones. And if any are still in Honduras, I pray for their safety, and protection from the Lord.
It's BBC and Al Jazeera Boys . What do you expect .
@@nathanizotic1757 americans live in a bubble
You apparently missed the point of the report. It's been both effective (against crime) AND disastrous (for many many innocent people).
As an El Salvadoran, I understand it's not fair and to outsiders it might seem abusive, but the fact that I can walk on any street with air pods in is so refreshing and its the freest I've ever felt in my country. I wouldn't trade this sense of safety for anything It's safer than the US now.
Gimme your airpods now!!
I'm from the US. Well said. I'm very happy for your people and health of your country. I would love to come visit your country and experience the culture, food, and everything. I used to live in the Caribbean, and always broke my heart what happened to Haiti, and all the "banana republics" with US meddling. This is a true success story, and you guys did it on your own. Stoked for you guys. Hope to visit someday soon.
hi im visiting your country this month! I like walking around and taking public transports buses etc. Please is it safe to do so in San Salvador,Santa Ana and take buses in the city and in between cities now? Im female traveling solo. thank you!
@@write2yibo yes, it is, you can just take the bus, even if you're a woman that's not a problem.
thank you for your information@@azzv.kuskatan
The million-dollar question, where were those journalists when the gangs raped, extorted, kidnapped, killed, etc., etc. How many specials did they do to document the pain of the Salvadoran people at the hands of gang members. When were they concerned about the human rights of the population, of those who suffered the horror of the gangs for years and years. Now that a man had the courage to face and solve the problem, now they appear. What or who is behind these journalists?
Yes! Exactly!
@@jamessinclair1486 the west of course
They are not journalists but mouth pieces who don’t think for themselves. My journalism class in high school did a better job back in 1970. Pathetic.
Journalists always out for stories. Did they visit these areas when gangs were terrorising innocent citizens. Now that the areas are safe they are quick to visit carrying their equipments without fear and behaving like angels with their human rights versions.
@@fredrickoduka7311put journalist in jail with criminal gangs...😂
What’s making Nayib Bukele more popular day by day , is not only the fact that he’s locked in 90% of the gangs, but also giving tables and laptops to our children, housing, education, hospitals, infrastructure, and so many more things.
indeed but paying attention that the "media does not talk about those things'>...........al jazeer is nothing more than a extremist left propaganda garbage
I wish a leader like this for my country 🙏 May God Bless him and El Salvador
Bukele has become one of the world's most popular leaders. This reporter is trying to paint him as a sort of tyrant.
@@kauztekgamingthe reporter is painting him as she is saying. Just giving out information. Information for us to make a decision or opinion on.
She got a perspective of each side; one side that feels the same, one side that feels safer and better, and one side that feels its worse.
@@OscarASevilla but the side that thinks theyre abusing inmates are in the minority. The vast minority. El Salvadorians recognize they lived in fear for 3 straight years. Getting gang members off the street and regaining control is exactly what keeps that country safe.
Do you think it would be appropriate for a reporter to report on the climate, space, etc but to counter that point share equal time with a flat earther? No. Of course not.
If they are members of a gang they deserve to be in prison, period.
Idiot
liberals will cry....
When they declare Marshall law! Which they have. It isn't just for criminals! It's for total control of the population - NWO!
Who decides the members of a gang? The police and the soldiers? Therein lies the problem. The intention is noble but the methodoly is terrible and inhumane. Having no due process is inexcusable.
The report states people who are not in gangs have been arrested and imprisoned. I have seen a documentary in which ex-gang members working with a church, rehabilitate other ex-gang members, I expect these people are easily open to arrest. Is this justified?
I love how Al Jazeera is trying to convince people about how awful the situation is but just end up proving how awesome this el salvdorian president is.
youre missing the point. 0 brain cells
They are certainly focusing on the wrong narritive. I will no longer watch their programing as they obviously are completely naive to the real issues.
People should understand that in every war they're innocent causalties.
Your media literacy is pathetic
I was in El Salvador 2 months ago, and wow! What a difference! Not once did I feel scared of walking the streets whether it was in the day time or night time. You see people walking around, families hanging out at parks in the night time, and kids playing in the streets. These human rights folks did not live and experience what the citizens experienced all of these years. They want rights for these criminals, but don’t think about all the families and people these criminals hurt.
Yes exactly…. I was there 4 months ago. It was great. Liberal media always wants to protect the criminals more than honest citizens.
The "human rights" groups are nothing but white collar criminal lawyers who protect these drug cartels bc they were colluding with them as business partners
I don't think it's that. It's more that they are worried about innocent people who get caught up. Considering the lack of a justice system and how intense this crackdown is you better not be walking on those "safe streets" at the wrong time or be wearing something similar to a gang member reported doing something earlier. If you fit the description and are innocent it seems like you won't get much of a chance to prove your innocence. It's fine when you aren't the one wrongly accused. So people better be careful with how far they cheer for lawlessness by the state.
@@jedimindtrix2142what would you prefer, a small amount of innocent people being hurt through unjust incarceration or a vast amount hurt and killed when the gangs literally ruled the country. How do you answer to the many, many, many more hurt by the gangs when they’re allowed to run a mock?
What a beautiful thing, a government actually protecting it’s people and trying to root out evil.
Crime is like cancer, If you don't eliminate it completely, it will come back, and your body will now accept it.
They sent all the bad ones over here
"Its" people. It is a possessive adjective, not a pronoun + apostrophe + verb form.
@@rangerdanger766 hush up MAGA
People are so focused on the cheese, they dont see the trap.
The reporter seemed disappointed to hear that the neighborhood was safer and that the guy prefers how it is now versus how it was before. She kept prodding him with repeated questions like she was hoping he’d start talking about how terrible things are.
Good news doesn’t sell thats why.
YEA I NOTICED THAT TOO........KEEP IN MIND THAT AL JAZEER IS A is run by "extremist left comunist" who want el salvador to be how it was in the past......
@@sergiocortezgno, she is a leftist and hates the fact that a “rightist” is supported by the people.
He's dad because, without crime, he's out of the job!
we all know why too
This is the kind of leader that Haiti needs.
@JohnEastmanExAttyAtLaw: I am saying this Leadership Head is what Jamaica sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo need.
@@vivveene I thought Jamaica was relatively safe? no?
Haiti is different cases. Haiti gang are force fighting against westerns imperialism
Haiti needs the embargo to be lifted by all the current world powers. France is still salty that they gained their independence.
That’s crazy that you’re not from the Salvador and you want justice for criminals
Time for all Human Rights organizations to go to Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras and stop all murders perpetrated by the gangs . Leave Bukele to complete his job in El Salvador.
when you find out that Bukele is stealing billions from the innocent people of El Salvador...money made at the behest of thousands of innocents dying at his hands? Who cares? And when all the violence and drug gangs come back because those billions werent invested in infrastructure that is needed for stability and peace forever? Who cares? You will see....Bukele and his dictator ways, is temporary band aide and that you were wrong all along. But .......who care eh!?
Homeboys Rights Watch is a fraud.
They have been trying to stop Bukele from putting those dirt bags in jail for over a year.
They will not go because the gangs are only killing the innocent, and they don't seem to count.
Empty the jails and send those criminals back to the US so the humanitarian rights organizations can defend them there.
They dare to criticize this man while Bashar Al-Assad is roaming free
If you live outside of El Salvador and watch this documentary where opponents of the government appear speaking, you would think that people hate Bukele for so many injustices, but the reality is that 96% support his management as president.
How strange don't you think?
have you seen how it was before? it was controlled by the drug cartels and gangs, i dont agree with this aproach but we have to understand the context. but i dont believe this is sustainable as people need to be consided inocent untill proven guilty not the other way around
i HOPE SALVADOR gets to be free and Gangs punished with life sentences
Propaganda in the country
@@KaoticDreww no es propaganda disculpa 😢vives el día a día en ese país? Entonces mi familia miente cuando me cuentan Q gracias a Nayib Bukele el país progresa, mire sujeto quien quiera q sea ud.. el q nada debe nada teme. Así d simple. Habían y aún ay afuera muchas o rejillas d pandillas y a muchos d esos son los Q según ud están presos y la
Llamados inocentes!. Yo por primera vez en 37 años d no votar ,iré a mi país a dar el voto a favor del progreso salvadoreño! Ya sufrio El pueblo Salv demasiado en manos d esos anteriores gobiernos corruptos e incompetentes! You should thanks the new Government of Nayib Bukele instead.
@@KaoticDreww Propaganga my ass. Ask any Salvadoran living there and they’ll say Bukele has solved the gang problem. Yes what he did was sketchy but it needed to be done for the good of the people. El Salvador had been ravaged by the gangs for decades and the police, military, and government did practically nothing. Nowadays ask any Salvadoran on the street and they’ll tell you that for the first time in decades, they can go outside and enjoy life without living in fear.
@@osimoes5113 death penalty sounds better .
This guy is cleaning up El Salvador and human rights have the nerve to call him a dictator? What about the rights of innocent people killed by these gangs?
VIVA EL PRESIDENTE BUKELE!!! God bless this man and keep him safe. He's systematically eliminating this cancer from El Salvador. The people of this country have suffered ENOUGH! No more terrified fathers, suffering mothers, poisoned children. NO MORE! Criticize all you want, Al Jazeera, the people of e\El Salvador can finally breathe.
Anyone criticizing it, had never lived in the hood or never had to deal with violence or the arrogance of these violent gang members. The lady had no idea what she’s defending.
Shes a liberal. Shes educated. She knows better.
I'm not sure that she doesn't know what she is doing. A large part of the gang's members live outside El Salvador, and they are trying to compromise Nayib Bukele using this sort of 'human rights fighters'.
@@jerrykobylt7387Yes , she's evil.
Lived it, seen it, been victimbof the hood life, I hate it to be honest. Your right, this lady has no clue and probably doesn't care about the innocents being affected by this terror. She probably doesn't have no idea what it is like to live under these conditions. If there's no criminality, there's no work for these so called "human rights groups".
@@recieve.believe3344. Well said. You are so right. As a lefty I’ve stopped listening to these leftists. They treat us like fools. 😤
I'm from El Salvador and in my 44 yro alive I finally feel proud of my country...I used to be ashamed of telling people here in the US that I was Salvadoran I used to get dirty looks now I'm proud
For real
@@ramon2008 for real bro I wear my El Salvador shirt to work and I'm so proud
You should be proud your country your President it’s probably the best president in the world.He gonna make El Salvador safe and rich. I really admire his amazing work.
@@87anbruttoskuld19 yes I'm definitely proud I've always known how my people are but now we have someone representing our people and our family values
Till they lock you up for nothing.
The Salvadorian people have spoken. And they have agreed that they do not care if you can't see your criminal relatives. The Salvadorian people have been suffering for decades!
So now their relatives are criminal by association? You people are sick, this is the same mentality Israelis use to kill children.
Just came back from vacation in a cross country tour through El Salvador felt safe everywhere I went. According to locals I spoke with this president has been a god send. I saw so many other tourists. I went to places that used to be off limits, gang controlled etc. President Bukele changed things for the better.
You guys see when the reporter ask the families if they feel safer now and they answer with an yes, she looks saddened to hear that response.
Lol.. she didn’t want to hear that. I bet a lot of info from the people from the streets was edited out this video.
@@cortransport and their main source of information is from El faro and a corrupt congresswoman. Of course they edited all the positive results of president Bukele war on gangs.
@@cortransport yeah guaranteed they said around 90% support the president. This is some skewed work here.
@@c0ltz450 yup the majority supports the government. I mean who wouldnt support a government whom is cleaning house? Gotta be crazy not to support them. I travel the country without concern.. before it used to be crazy.. a lot of violence. 20-30 people dead per day.. now it’s zero per day when it comes to gang violence. So no surprise the majority of us will support the government.
lmao
"WON'T SOMEBODY PLEASE THINK OF THE CRIMINALS?!"
I'm Salvadoran, and I completely support the president decisions. Yes, there's an error margin but the plan overall is effective.
Cops and prisons need accountability. Otherwise you are just exchanging one problem for another.
Is El Salvador save for tourists to visit?
@@DrSpooglemon I disagree because this is war. How can you expect due process and accountability from a government that can't even function correctly because they have terrorists in control of the streets?
@@peanuts8677yes. Best time to visit
@@DrSpooglemon having innocent people prisoned then later released is way better than letting criminals kill innocent people everyday. the cops may be a bit corrupt but they have done what has needed to be done. doesn't matter how they do it , violent criminals do not deserve to be treated fairly for all the people they have killed
One thing that the reporters are not asking is... "What if the families are lying?"
She also forgot to askk is.... What if the Police are lying?
@@ninofromkitchennightmares1497 Didnt you see the video? she did that during all the report.
How about we ask the families if these family members they are referring to have Ms 13 tattoos ... this reporting is repolsivly misleading
I don't recall Al Jazeera English ever taking any interest in the huge amount of deaths and crimes against innocent citizens. El Salvador had the greatest number of violent deaths BEFORE the new president's measure to protect the citizens first and then see about the comfort and human rights of the murderers. Would it be better to worry and spend trillions on the defense and comfort of known criminals and then see about the suffering people? The resources of this poor country are very limited and one must decide where the money will be first spent.
"Desperate times call for desperate measures". That wise observation applies in El Salvador and I'm an American that wishes them full success in their endeavor to crush the gang problem in their country.
Thank you.!
DITTO
Whats crazy is that these gangs came from USA and not El Salvador. USA dropped the ball under the Clinton administration for not reporting the salvadoran government that these people who were being deported and arriving in El Salvador were gang members. USA needs to shame and eradicate this gang culture mindset to their own society and put all gang members in prison for 40 years without the possibility of parole.
The best president I’ve seen in my entire life.
I’m in Denmark 🇩🇰 and I completely support Bukele ❤
Are you now busy cleaning up taxpaid migrant ghettos? 🐖💨🧕🏽
Jag är i Göteborg, Sverige och jag älskar Danmark! 🇩🇰 Skål
@@Valhalla_Heathen lyder godt…
tak og skål!
douche bag loser hiding in your safe country thousands of miles away.
HOLA BUENOS COMO ESTÁ LA MAMÁ
I am Salvadoran and I partially support the way he combat criminals. THE POSITIVE IS THAT DAILY HOMICIDE RATE HAS DECREASED.
The negative points: You are guilty until you prove innocence in front of a judge and it may take months or years to see a judge. Yes, even if you have served your due sentence years ago and you are now a good person, YOU WILL STILL BE CAPTURED AND SERVE 25 EXTRA YEARS. Government will NEVER tell you if your relative is alive or not....or what prision that person is.... MORE THAN 7000 individuals have been liberated after months in prison and torture......No public apologies or financial help for your family IF YOU ARE IN PRISON AND ARE FOUND TO BE INNOCENT
This was my thought too, seems to be working but with few innocent affected, I hope they get released and compensated.
It's unfortunate that very little inmates may be innocent, or at least had some ties to the gangs. I hope justice does prevail in these cases. However, the over all crime rate and safety has improved dramatically since Bukele took office. I've had family members murdered by these psychopaths. Now, we as Salvadoran people have to move beyond dealing with part of the problem and the government should also focus on corruption from within with job, educational opportunities, eradicating poverty to help the younger generations avoid a life of crime. These "human rights groups" make me sick! Where were they when tens of thousands of innocent Salvadorans were being brutally tortured and killed each year since the early 90s? Why do they conveniently dicide to protect the criminals instead of the population it has strongly affected? Such hypocrisy.
I dont think its hypocrisy for a Human rights group to fight for the innocents locked up without due process. How do you expect these Non-profit groups to somehow take on entire armed gangs that have existed with government approval?
@@ninofromkitchennightmares1497 There's been more than 7,000 Men in this prison that have been released who were innocent not by human rights watch groups but by the government of Nayeb Bukele. They are under servaillance by the government to make sure they are telling the truth and don't re organize or act suspicious. I know this because I was born in this country and have visited time and time again. I also have family members whovtell me what's going on. Unfortunately I've had family members murdered by these psychopaths and so have many hundreds of thousands of Salvadoran innocent civilians. I think you need to travel there to know the truth as to why this government has taken extreme measures on the gang terrorism problem that has plagued this country for decades after the civil war. Where were those human rights groups that you speak of when these criminals were murdering thousands of innocent people year round? El Salvador was considered the most dangerous country in the world not too long ago, more dangerous than the Middle East in war times! I think these so called Human rights watch groups are more concerned about reporting the horrible parts of death and mysery of countries like El Salvador instead of really doing something positive about the problem. I guess they'll be out of work or not make income if there's no violent country to report on. Now I believe that locking up these terrorists are not the long term solution to this problem. There needs to be job, healthcare, educational development opportunities for the average person so to have the younger generations of Salvadorans not be tempted to join a life of crime. Poverty and crime do go hand to hand unfortunately.
@@ninofromkitchennightmares1497 You sympathize with these psychopaths who've killed thousands of innocent people including some of my family members? The people are fed up with this! Decades of terrorism and brutality from these psychopaths have taken their toll on the public. Not only has my birth country lived through a civil war that the US has funded through the Reagan administration, but we were left more poor and desolate. Then a new problem that El Salvador never had before surfaces....the gang terrorism that was brought back from the states especially by LA youths who had joined gangs or created their own (ms13) and were deported back to El Salvador and other Central American countries. They obviously brought this gang culture to their countries of origin and it spread like a cancer. You obviously haven't lived there and don't know the truth like these so called human rights watch groups. Why don't you take a trip over there and talk to the majority of Salvadorans about how much safety and security they feel about what's transpired? Yes, some of these people were freed amongst the 99.9 percent of the terrorists who are locked up. The latest estimates are 7,000 men who've been freed from these prisons after being proven innocent by the Police and judges of the government of Nayeb Bukele, not so called human rights watch groups. If you go over to El Salvador like I have and talk to the people, the majority of the population 95 % support Bukele. I guess these so called human rights watch groups wont have a steady income nor employment if there is no crimes to report on right?
El Salvador is doing a fantastic job locking up these criminals. Anyone who is more concerned with "human rights" has never been to a country like El Salvador. You think the gangs care about human rights? They will kill you simply out of boredom. That is no way to live. Simply going outside is a matter of death. The world should applaud what El Salvador has accomplished.
I completely agree with your comment. I live here in the capital of El Salvador, San Salvador. We were living under the rules of the gangs. I would have liked to see human rights when these gangs were extorting, robbing, raping, and murdering our people. I never saw human rights so interested in making statements to have these gangs stop killing people. Like you said these guys would take your life for no reason, out of boredom. Tell the people that had their family member disappeared and never saw them again. I can go on with list but...
😒😒🙄
i doubt that@@user-yq5jn7hy2u
This is how you deal with massive gang violence. You don't have to like it, but if things were as bad in your own community, I think you'd discover a different attitude.
Here, I don't hear the schools, the hospitals, the infrastructure, and the peace Salvadoreans enjoy today. Bukele is the best. May the Lord continue to use him.
87 people in three days? Where was the human rights guy on that?
Many gangs for one.
I still don't understand why Bukele has not received the Nobel prize.
Not for long
He will
Because his system OBVIOUSLY doesn't work as it keeps getting innocent people locked up for no reason
@@carnivalwholesale9809 Mira hermano en que parte del Salvador tu vives oh estas hablando pajas aqui y ni siquieras vives en el Salvador.? Y si vives aqui por que no estas contento que ahora hay muchisimos menos muertos que antes y el salvadoreño honesto puede vivir tranquilo..
@@eedumi1gmail porque estas intercambiando TUS DERECHOS basicos por TU seguridad mientras hay Gente que ESTA siendo afectada en una forma negativa perdiendo SU LIBERTAD. No quiere decir que yo Tengo la solution, quiere decir que la solution que saco El Salvador con Nayib Bukele es BASURA!
Imagine living in a place under the thumb of criminals. Imagine having to give them all of your money in exchange for the very breath you’re taking to read this.
Imagine having a gun shoved in your mouth while the criminals laugh making jokes about “How long should you keep living”.
Imagine being beaten until you can barely move to then be forced to watch while men take turns raping your daughter.
Come talk to me about “Human Rights” when one of those happen to you.
I feel bad for the people who are collateral damage in this situation. Unfortunately. This is war. War is messy.
And let’s not forget that if the prison system had a dollar for every time a family member claimed their sons and daughters were innocent, there would be no funding shortages.
You speak truth, the problem is this documentary protects criminals.
Well said!
@@davidmenjivar8224 9:10 was definetely a criminal
Gangs destroy a lot of family, member or not. Here in the US is becoming gang infested, because of broken family and friends pressure
At the very first moment you can think that it is very cruel by government to arrest any young man without evidence. But think how far the gangs has gone during the decades.... some day it should be stopped. The people of El Salvador should be grateful for the job and effort that the president Nayib Bukele put on this action.
This current system of fresh air or decades of gang violence???? El Salvador needed Bukele, hence his over 90% approval. Where was ALJAZEERA 10 years ago documenting the suffering of El Salvador’s people at the hands of these terrorists??? GREAT JOB BUKLE, we support you. 🇸🇻
Al Jazeera were really scared to enter El Salvador and so they decided to put a used piece of gum on the map where El Salvador is located at. That gum only lasted 10 years because it was made in China. I think that is a new chinese communist record.
I’m Salvadoran from a town name Soyapango and I couldn’t visit my family for 15 years. Thank you to president @Bukele I could visit now 🙏🏻
I'm from Africa but I think Aljazira is on the side of Gang members... I'm totally against that, Gangsters are Terrorists of the community. I'm happy to see a President who declares war against gangsters. Viva president Bukele Viva. Africa loves you... Come to South Africa.
I have never seen aljazera and BBC give a positive feed about a country that is not there country of origin.
They even find sympathy for the people who killed 86 people as a show of power
The wisest government in the whole world !
Let's see if that's true with time
@@Daniel-zu4ck it will be I’m sure! We don’t need more blood 🩸 enough in 40 long years. Why are you so negative about the changes in El Salv? Id like to know where do you reside ? Never fear pal, Nayib Bukele is here to stay second term! 😢
They should do an investigation tho, release if anyone is innocent.
@@Daniel-zu4ck well, we saw what out of control crime did...
He is another wef puppet
The world will judge El Salvador but could care less when people were getting murdered in cold blood on their streets. Good on El Salvador for standing up to fight for there right to life when nobody else would
Same goes, if you know that your family member is dangerous and is in a gang, you are as guilty as your family member 😬
The people that were terrorized by the gangs didn't have a Choice. The population had no rights against the gangs and finally there is a president to protect the people
To turn the country around after decades of terror under gang rule, sacrifices had to be made. It is still very sad and unfortunate for those caught in the crossfire.
Most are not innocent and were taken for a reason it's literally one in ten thousand theirs always that mom and dad that says their kids innocent even if it's on camera
But atleast they should offer an explanation or compensate them. You'll think that's what a justice system would do. Rigth?
@@smartalex995 tell me who’d compensated those victims that were kidnapped , raped and murdered by those gangsters ? No one ok. Those families are still suffering the loss of their loved ones- listen if you don’t own nothing or committed any crimes you don’t have to worry. This documentary is misled big time, they are only interviewing the opposition which is what ? 5% or less of the nation? Whoever oppose the progress of that nation is bc they can no longer steal from government or have a family member in any of so many gangsters group!
Do you have proof most were not innocent, considering the low bar for arrest?
Why are prisoners held indefinitely without the state having to show evidence of a crime, without legal representation, or access to their families?
@@smartalex995 in this culture it's not like America having a tattoo 100 means your in a gang it's so dangerous having one that if it's for fun or no reason you can be killed
As a Colombian I only say, been there done that. I really hope people from El Salvador can live a better life and that the future is better than the past.
I'm Mexican and I wish Mexico can have a president like that but no. He'd rather have hugs not bullets. Granted the maras aren't like the narcos. Mexico is big, and the cartels have the state bought.
You guys never took it this far thou! And your government was always in with the cartels
Mexico is a lost cause. It will never be a civilised country@@jonathanramos8414
@jonathanramos8414
Cartels are as ruthless/dangerous as ms-13, but way more armed and resources.
Bukele is too soft and weak to handle MX dangerous conditions, so mexico needs someone like Duterte instead. The Philippines had Cartels problems and have a big population but solved it with "not so nice" method.
Do remind me, exactly when did your government have the balls to actually do this?
120,000 salvadoreños were killed by these animals.. No regrets.
Not only are the criminals in jail, they've also managed to kick both corrupt parties that caused all the problems out the door. Nice work.
I don’t think any cares if the gangs are disappeared lol .
Good riddance
Everybody is happy about it, but not their respective mothers; so they go and make a report interviewing that mother, who is sooo sad about the death of her murder-thief-rapist little angel
@@phoque121they are resposible too because they are the one who raised their child. Untill the end they spoiled their child in their wrong doings.
The gangs need to start to learn how to respect another human life. Acting like this the young generation can watch and learn. If you don't respect life and freedom, then this is the only option. Well done president of El Salvador.
Keep em in jail. Who ever is against this is a criminal or has criminal ties. Shame on all of you against this.
similar to Rodrigo Duterte former president of the Philippines and his crackdown, the inhuman treatment of the civilian population was disgusting, marshal law killings of dealers and addicts because it was easier then to treat or arrest them, he still walks free despite crimes against humanity, torture and enforced disappearance but as long as white tourism returns!
I don’t blame the government for what they are doing because people were saying the government wasn’t doing enough to combat these gangs now they are doing everything to take them off the streets people are complaining. Peace and calm wouldn’t be obtain if you don’t use force against these gangs. I will never understand human beings sometimes. You don’t act they complain but if you do then they complain even more.
Yes but you don't care about the innocents that get caught in the crossfire
Everything good or bad comes at a sacrifice. Unfortunately in order to put stop these gang you need to put the "Fear of God" into these gangs, the trade off is Collateral Damage.
@@antonioinoa6961 that collateral damage isn't worth it to the people affected by the collateral damage
U will care once it's your loved one who is innocent but got wrongfully imprisoned smh
I very much doubt gangs who are accustomed to torturing, and killing people regularly, are now in fear of this government. I expect the gangs see this new regime as an obstacle, and one to be fought against with even more extreme methods. I expect the common people are the ones in fear.
When government behave like thugs, what signal does that send out, and what is the future of that state?
"Despite El Salvador’s new repressive reality" - El Salvador is demonstrably less repressive than when the gangs ruled the streets. Long may it continue despite the bias of organisations like Al Jazeera.
Al Jazeera is 100% against El Salvador's current government! All of their content against El Salvador is biased. Freaking pieces of 💩!
The gangs are terrorizing my people in Ecuador; kidnappings, extortions, dead is what is going on in Ecuador. Is anyone talking about human rights? NO. So good job Bukele, the world needs you.
Praying for Ecuador, Chile and Columbia.
My heart goes out to the inoccent, but these are unfortunate sacrifices for millions to live like humans
Unless it was your family
@@lanapapas sacrifices happen in war
Human rights for criminals, serial killers, rapist of women and children, extortionist, and all out terrorists is mind blowing! What about the human rights for the victims? What about the victims that have never been found?
What about rights for a Colombian tourist arrested and held indefinitely because they were pinned as being a gang member with ZERO EVIDENCE? Do you want to live in a prison state like North Korea? This is how you get North Korea and Communism. By supporting surveillance and police states
Its mind-boggling seriously😅 like where were u all these years when innocents were being ruthlessly murdered?
This story should be taken down. It is disgusting
Stop calling them gangs! They’re terrorists! They ruined the lives of many of my family members. Went as far as extortion of foods.
They are also slave owners as well against women.
This should be the example for every country. The only problem is most countries profit off of crime.
Al Jazeera is in no position to talk about gangs and El Salvador after their sympathies for Hamas and other terrorist groups.
Unfortunate situation but thousands of innocent lives are being saved. The only people to blame are the gangs and the corrupt politicians who didn’t do anything to solve the situation.
These stories tell one side of the story, seeking to appeal to people emotions. Where was the documentaries when gangs was running the streets? They wouldn't dare go into the communities
So if you died in prison and were innocent would u want ppl to know?
yeah spot on, these are just reporters looking for bad news. When she asked that family if they feel safer now and they said yes, she almost seemed disappointed by the response. Typical news.
Did you even watched the video? From 4:30 she says that it's safer and before you couldn't walk like that. Soon after she tells that members of the gangs murdered, kidnapped, and raped with impunity.
You are lying?
The report states the 50% fall in murder rate, it states the drop in gang activity, it states the president's high approval rating.
Totally agree. This is a narrative hit piece against Bukele from the opposition. Love Bukele 5 more years!!!
Human rights? Where were these apologists when the country passed through 3 decades of gang warfare, and murder of innocent civilians. Why should the average Salvadoran care about brutal gang members who never thought about their human rights.? I applaud Bukele, he did what he had to do to make his country livable. Other countries need to leave Bukele alone.
We need a Bukele in the Dominican Republic. Outstanding job Mr. President Bukele.
El Salvador is an example of success in security. Other countries should follow that example
Thank you for touching my heart ❤️ but I still think President bukele it’s doing the right thing , even if my brother or cousin is in prison for having any tides I can’t do nothing they decide to be like they decide to put gang tattos , El Salvador 🇸🇻 was at it worst wit the gangs and now it’s super safe
Thanks for watching. 🙌
I understood the girl saying no to just being told "this man wants to ask you some questions" but to see her walk away after he asked if she could just look at a photo to see if shes seen his family...
Either she really misunderstood what he was asking or shes literally living proof that theres no point belieiving in your fellow person.
Seems extreme, but I think it’s a great way to fight dangerous crime.
It's complicated.
It shows the suffering of the people that have experienced the justified or sometimes unjustified detention of a family member, but it does not show the suffering of millions of innocent people by the crimes of this groups. The whole country was involved in a cycle of violence, death and poverty. It is the responsibility of the State to guarantee freedom and security to the population.
@Rosaza. Criticism is healthy but the people who are overly critical have not experienced the fear, violence and cold blooded murders that ordinary Salvadorians have encountered.This is a case of who feels it knows it. I get it and I totally sympathize with the government but agree it is not a sustainable solution.
The report stated the drastic drop in murders, and gang activity. The aim of the report is to investigate the detention without evidence, and continued imprisonment without legal representation.
@@anngore3842 100% true. People without a REAL conscience care more about the rights of the murderers than the countless victims. Where were they when MS-!3 and Barrio 18 were decapitating people for simply not paying the "cuota" (the extortion against working people)?
God Bless Nayib Bukele he's a good man.
Its sad that before president bukele came into this picture when ever i heard el salvador being mentioned i would immediately think of crime and uneducated people and poverty. Sad but true. Now with president bukele is in the picture, i feel like el salvador and their people are worthy people and righteous. And very lucky to have a great president. I have such a different perspective in the people and the country. Wow
They only care about El Salvador to criticize them saving themselves, not when the entire country was held hostage by terrorists.
The need of the many outweigh the need of the few.
I suspect you have no idea of the depths of that statement. It does sound simply, but it encompasses complex caveats.
@@plipogamez3173 How pretentious are you with your use of words. Lmao
@@horseman217 Please explain why I am pretentious.
@@plipogamez3173 Your most exquisite use of complicated quantum physic mathematical axis of sentence building. :p
Its pretentious
@@horseman217 What are talking about, are you an idiot?
My support goes to President Bukele. You need big determination and huge balls to do what he's doing. Don't try to convince people that what he's doing is wrong. Sorry for the collateral damage. There is no perfection but finally Salvadorans are living in peace.
Not all salvadorean are living in ''peace'', not the affected families of the innocent
You say ''sorry for the collateral damage''' because is YOUR loved one
Its not hard to convince the person at 9:10 or maybe the mechanic who was arrested based off of hunch. Due Process is meant to weed out the Criminals from the innocent
Sympathising with gang members. Shameful. You think he's going to admit guilt right there infront of the officers, reporter is quite frankly thick.
I lived in US and was once asked where I was from, fear was a reaction, what a shame. El salvador has aged gratefully in a year
You really have to question Al Jazeera's intentions here. It seems the people of El Salvador are happier then ever and they support their president nearly 100%, so why doesn't she seem to rejoice in their happiness? I, for one, am happy for the people of El Salvador, you are lucky to have such a dedicated president who truly cares for the happiness and safety of the citizens over his own. God Bless you and your people.
She’s a reporter her job is to show all sides of what has happened in El Salvador. It’s good to be informed on how the government under Bukele has perfected and also fallen short with its citizens.
Whenever i see so many gang members, i also see so many failed parents. Bukule isn't perfect, but he is doing a pretty good job improving El Salvador.
Your quick to blame parents. They had 2 choices when stepping outside their houses.... They had to join the gangs or become the victim. Lets see how good you are when your life is on the line.
Those gangs were created by the US forces to destabilize the country. They were given weapons, training and recruiting to go into poor areas and get young boys to rebel against marxists using violence, drugs, human trafficking. Same situation as Afghanistan. Only now, Bukele is cleaning it up and the globalists don't like it. Hence the hit pieces non stop from mainstream media, and funny propaganda from other dictators like AJ Qatar.
I understand that some young people in these Latin American countries are 100% forced to join a gang, but some do it from their own free will.
It HAS to be this way. If you’re not from El Salvador, please don’t comment. You could never EVER understand. The best thing to ever happen to El Salvador was President a Bukele. Praise God for him. For the record. NO ONE who is innocent is in jail. That is a ploy to fool people. Every single person in jail is there for a reason. Period.
1% in Jail 99% lives in Peace
what those gangs did to the salvadorian population is nothing compared to what they are currently going through. no one should feel sorry for these gang members.
Unfortunately there will definitely be collateral damage and unintended consequences. And hopefully there will be a restoration of basic due process rights. However, El Salvador was in a desperately losing battle against gangs that were holding that country hostage. A classic case of patients running the insane asylum. Mass incarceration is indeed an unfortunate necessity sometimes.
Forget the due rights process, just like when the criminals are killing and extorting the people of El Salvador.
Yeah, until your innocent family members get rounded up. The so-called cathedral damage you're talking about get brutalized by both the police and the 20 or so gang members they get locked up with in a single cell.
@@user-yq5jn7hy2u but if they are detaining more than thousand in a day it is simply not possible to investigate all of them in short time
@@user-yq5jn7hy2u no one is saying throw out due process. But El Salvador was in a desperate situation. Difficult decisions are never easy. But like how you put me in the situation of the detanee, what if it was your family that was being tortured, extorted, murdered and rapes by these gangs that were ruining the country? You would want due process thrown out the window also.
Yes but those people would have gotten it anyway from the gangs.
Nayib Bukele is doing a great job, but he must be careful with people accusing innocent ones. It is very hard but I hope he can do more changes and provides justice to all, without hurting families of innocent people. God bless him and his country.
Any update on the guy with his missing daughter and wife? I hope they have been reunited and are safe!
Finally action! Yes there will always be collateral damage but it had to happen to curb the violence. I feel bad for the families that have people in there, but I also blame the families for these people being in there. Raise your children better.
You blame the families for people being wrongly arrested then dying in prison? And you call it collateral damage.
I think you have some collateral damage in your brain.
Yes is right Cletus
Are you for real?
How can you blame families for innocent people being arrested and imprisoned without evidence?
@@plipogamez3173 tbf plenty of innocent people were being killed by the gangs. I think they need to be a bit more open and ensure everyone is tried fairly but this kind of thing is needed to end gang violence in any reasonable timeframe.
@@xcf5587 You justify this tyrannical form of law enforcement by saying plenty of innocence people were being killed by gangs, doesn't this sound like a disturbing rationalisation?
Now that government has all the power, do you believe they are likely to let go of this power in the coming years?
There will always be violent crime in El Salvador, as with any other place in the world, is it lively Bukele will continually use his excutive powers, claiming he is fighting violent crime?
Not that the politicians, police, military, judiciary, and civic leaders have seen that people accept authoritarian rule, are they likely to exploit this acquiescence as all other authoritarian regime have done throughout history?
Considering how powerful the two main gangs were, is it likely they were colluding with politicians, military, police and local governments, and is it likely they have colluded in this crack down, and is it likely if things do not go their way - they will restart violent gang activity?
Have you questioned why we hear no reports of the gang generals being arrested?
I am from El Salvador 🇸🇻, i have seen dead people, some family members of mine have goten killed by gangs. El Salvador is changing and about 92% Salvadorans agree with this change.
What i noticed on the video is that there are representatives opposing parties. Same parties that would not do to anything when gangs comited 30-50 homisides a day, and would even lend out military shooting ranges to gangs, steal millions while the common populations starved. same political parties that would go in to schools durind the civil war in the 80s get 12 year olds give them rifles and have them kill each other. dads killing sons, brothers killing brothers.
Trust us friends from other countries we need to do this. I know in other nations this looks bad. However, this is a democracy and this is what 92%of us want.
Yes there will be mistakes how ever no nation is perfect. This video does a great job at highlight the .02 % of error in the method. I welcome conversation about this.
Wow this is so beautiful!! A leader protecting his law abiding citizens
Am sure the mOther and Daughter of the person at 9:10 weren't law abiding citizens despite them reporting gang members for breaking the law
The same thing goes on around the world even in the USA. Jailed without trial. That said, none of these women are going to admit that their son is in a gang.
Why don’t you do a video on all the families that were extorted and lost loved ones due to the gangs.
...because the media are no longer the gatekeepers of the truth. Obviously, they're all under one big thumb as they all have the same narratives
Because they are the voice of the terrorist, not the victims.
I am an indian and I support Nayib Bukele. Love from india 🇮🇳 ❤
Why not make a documentary on innocent children getting dismembered by these evil criminals?
Man, they were not lying when they said women love criminals.
The president of El Salvador is a genius and a hero for the people. God bless him and his family.
Aljazera always attacking countries systems.I wish you to talk about the total imprisonment of the Afghanistan population where women have no freedom , heads are cut off , hands too .The worst news cast
El Salvador is the greatest example that a firm hand and zero tollerance against crime is the only way to have safr and better societies here in Latin America. God Bless him
Not just Latin America but around the world.
Nice to see Al-Jazeera so sympathetic with all the r@pists and murders, and barely even getting around to mention all the victims of these people.
El Salvador used to be the violent country in the world, and today, thanks to God and President NAYIB BUKELE, it is the safest country in the world and is in full development. It is a beautiful miracle, the changes that are happening throughout the country. Savior.
Don’t be a gang member…and let’s not make them out to be victims.
This is a propaganda hit piece.
All our support to Bukele 🙏🏻
If anyone lived here for the past 20 years as I have, you'd notice the difference in corruption and violence decrease now vs the past. The Corrupt officials not leading the government helps a great deal, and plus removing violent criminal gangs from the street is causing this country to be a great place to live in.
Once they run out of prople to arrest , they coming for you next. As bad as it gets people still need some rights to protect the innocent.
@@resaleking14 This only happens in USA
The US needs a system like El Salvador. Thanks to Nayib Bukele.
Gangs are considered terrorist organizations under Salvadoran law. The reforms also lowered the age to 12 for which people can be tried for gang-related crimes.