El Salvador sends troops to surround town after national police officer killed
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El Salvador has sent over 5,000 soldiers and 500 police to a small town after President Nayib Bukele said gang members killed a member of the national police.
"They will pay dearly for the murder of our hero," Bukele said.
Bukele has been waging an all out war against the country’s powerful street gangs since March 2022. He requested the Congress grant him extraordinary powers after gangs were blamed for 62 killings on March 26. The measures include the suspension of some fundamental rights.
The Congress voted to extend those supposedly temporary measures for a 14th time on Tuesday.
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