Operación Jaque aftermath, El Salvador doubling down on "extreme measures" (Aug. 12, 2016)
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A Salvadoran crackdown on street gang Mara Salvatrucha's financial network last month was a departure from the general operations against individual gang members, writes El Faro's Carlos Martínez. (See July 29's post.) Prosecutors and police are attempting to prove that gang leaders carried out lucrative businesses that were undeclared to their rank and file. Operación Jaque promises to be "an adult investigation," he writes, "it promises to be an investigation that has led authorities closer to understanding -- finally -- the organizational interior of the MS-13; its internal conflicts and its balance of power ... But it's important to remember, that it is, for now, just a promise."
Operación Jaque aftermath, El Salvador doubling down on "extreme measures" (Aug. 12, 2016)
Operación Jaque aftermath, El Salvador…
Operación Jaque aftermath, El Salvador doubling down on "extreme measures" (Aug. 12, 2016)
A Salvadoran crackdown on street gang Mara Salvatrucha's financial network last month was a departure from the general operations against individual gang members, writes El Faro's Carlos Martínez. (See July 29's post.) Prosecutors and police are attempting to prove that gang leaders carried out lucrative businesses that were undeclared to their rank and file. Operación Jaque promises to be "an adult investigation," he writes, "it promises to be an investigation that has led authorities closer to understanding -- finally -- the organizational interior of the MS-13; its internal conflicts and its balance of power ... But it's important to remember, that it is, for now, just a promise."