Unfortunately these situations call for an El Salvador style response.
Everyone knows the people responsible. They don't hide anything.
Absolutely there are other more complicated underlying social/historical/economic forces at work.
But you have to stop the bleeding/ infection (the fear/violence/terror) from the body (the people) before it can be fully healed.
Editorial: President Nayib Bukele’s hardline campaign against gangs has won admirers at home and abroad. Look closer and its flaws are glaring
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