A 97% Reduction In El Salvador's Homicide Rate In 2015, El Salvador had the highest homicide rate in the world: 103 homicides per 100,000 inhabitants. Last year, its rate dropped to 7.8. This year, it's on pace to hit 2.6.
https://twitter.com/i/status/1629165213600849920
Here's the English translation of that tweet:
Today at dawn, in a single operation, we transferred the first 2,000 gang members to the Center for the Confinement of Terrorism (CECOT). This will be their new house, where they will live for decades, mixed up, unable to do any more harm to the population. We continue
Let's hope our leaders can learn something from El Salvador's example.