El Salvador Declares State of Emergency Amid Killings

El Salvador Declares State of Emergency Amid Killings
A young man is detained by the police, a suspect in a homicide near a market in San Salvador, El Salvador on March 27, 2022. Salvador Melendez/AP Photo
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SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador—El Salvador’s congress granted President Nayib Bukele’s request to declare a state of emergency early Sunday amid a wave of gang-related killings over the weekend.

Fourteen people were killed Friday and 62 people died Saturday, a scale of violence that has not been seen for years. By comparison, there were 79 homicides in the entire month of February.