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El Salvador's leader, criticised internationally for gang crackdown
Updated On: 20 September, 2023 07:25 AM IST | United Nations | AP
Critics say that there is no due process, and thousands of innocent people have been swept up in the security blitz
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El Salvador President Nayib Bukele trumpeted the success of his gang crackdown during his speech at the UN General Assembly, crediting his administration`s will against international criticism over human rights violations. Bukele said on Tuesday that if El Salvador had listened to external critics ` including some at the United Nations ` the tiny Central American country would again be the murder capital of the world.
"Today, I come to tell you that that debate is over," Bukele said. "The decisions we took were correct. We are no longer the world`s death capital and we achieved it in record time. Today, we are a model of security and no one can doubt it. There are the results. They are irrefutable."
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