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=== Homicide rates === In 2004, there were 41 intentional homicides per 100,000 citizens, with 60% of the homicides committed being gang-related.<ref name="FAS" /> In 2012, the homicide rate had increased to 66 per 100,000 inhabitants, more than triple the rate in Mexico.<ref name="NYRB">Alma Guillermoprieto (10 November 2011). [http://www.nybooks.com/articles/archives/2011/nov/10/new-gangland-el-salvador/?pagination=false "In the New Gangland of El Salvador"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121022130039/http://www.nybooks.com/articles/archives/2011/nov/10/new-gangland-el-salvador/?pagination=false |date=22 October 2012 }}, ''New York Review of Books'', p.46</ref><ref>{{cite news|first=Ryann|last=Bresnahan|title=El Salvador Dispatches Additional Contingent to Iraq:Domestic Issues Overrule Anxiety over War|date=21 August 2006|url=http://www.coha.org/2006/08/21/el-salvador-dispatches-additional-contingent-to-iraq/|work=Council on Hemispheric Affairs (COHA)|access-date=30 June 2007|archive-date=27 September 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927024812/http://www.coha.org/2006/08/21/el-salvador-dispatches-additional-contingent-to-iraq/}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://in.news.yahoo.com/photos/workers-dig-near-yellow-police-line-during-exhumation-photo-025142509.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120709172123/http://in.news.yahoo.com/photos/workers-dig-near-yellow-police-line-during-exhumation-photo-025142509.html |archive-date=9 July 2012 |title=Workers dig near a yellow police line during an exhumation at a clandestine cemetery in Villa Madrir |work=Yahoo News |date=May 2012 }}</ref> In 2011 there were an estimated 25,000 gang members at large in El Salvador, with another 9,000 in prison.<ref name="NYRB" /> The most well-known gangs, called "[[mara (gang)|maras]]" in colloquial Spanish, are [[MS-13|Mara Salvatrucha]] and their rivals [[18th Street gang|Barrio 18]]. Maras are hunted by [[death squad]]s including [[Sombra Negra]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ocavi.com/docs_files/file_386.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090325000258/http://www.ocavi.com/docs_files/file_386.pdf|archive-date=25 March 2009|title=Número de Víctimas y Tasas de Homicidios Dolosos en El Salvador (1999–2006)|access-date=26 December 2007 |publisher=Observatorio Centroamericano sobre Violencia|language=es}}</ref> In 2015, there were 6,650 homicides recorded in El Salvador.<ref>{{Cite web|date=30 December 2015|title=El Salvador cerrará 2015 como el año más violento de su historia, con más de 6.600 homicidios|url=https://www.europapress.es/internacional/noticia-salvador-cerrara-2015-ano-mas-violento-historia-mas-6600-homicidios-20151230032319.html|access-date=16 February 2022|publisher=Europa Press|archive-date=16 February 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220216173542/https://www.europapress.es/internacional/noticia-salvador-cerrara-2015-ano-mas-violento-historia-mas-6600-homicidios-20151230032319.html|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2016, at least 5,728 people were murdered.<ref>{{Cite news |last=null |date=3 January 2017 |title=La Policía de El Salvador dice que en 2016 se redujeron los asesinatos en el país |language=es-LA |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/es/2017/01/03/espanol/america-latina/la-policia-de-el-salvador-dice-que-en-2016-se-redujeron-los-asesinatos-en-el-pais.html |access-date=16 February 2022 |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=16 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220216173538/https://www.nytimes.com/es/2017/01/03/espanol/america-latina/la-policia-de-el-salvador-dice-que-en-2016-se-redujeron-los-asesinatos-en-el-pais.html |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2017, there were 3,962 recorded homicides.<ref>{{Cite news |date=3 January 2019 |title=La violencia descendió en 2018 en El Salvador por tercer año consecutivo |language=es-ES |work=Deutsche Welle |url=https://www.dw.com/es/la-violencia-descendi%C3%B3-en-2018-en-el-salvador-por-tercer-a%C3%B1o-consecutivo/a-46938701 |access-date=16 February 2022 |archive-date=16 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220216173537/https://www.dw.com/es/la-violencia-descendi%C3%B3-en-2018-en-el-salvador-por-tercer-a%C3%B1o-consecutivo/a-46938701 |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2018, there were 3,348 recorded deaths.{{Citation needed|date=May 2023}} In 2019, authorities reported a total of 2,365 homicides.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Homicidios bajan 29% en El Salvador durante 2019 |language=es |work=La Prensa Gráfica |url=https://www.laprensagrafica.com/elsalvador/Homicidios-bajan-29-en-El-Salvador-durante-2019-20191230-0603.html |access-date=16 February 2022 |archive-date=16 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220216173538/https://www.laprensagrafica.com/elsalvador/Homicidios-bajan-29-en-El-Salvador-durante-2019-20191230-0603.html |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2020, there were only 1,322 reported homicides.<ref>{{cite web |last=Brigida |first=Anna-Catherine |title=El Salvador's Homicide Rate Hit a Historic Low in 2020 |url=https://foreignpolicy.com/2021/03/03/el-salvador-homicide-historic-low-2020-gangs-migration/ |access-date=19 March 2022 |website=Foreign Policy |date=3 March 2021 |archive-date=8 April 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220408155130/https://foreignpolicy.com/2021/03/03/el-salvador-homicide-historic-low-2020-gangs-migration/ |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2021, the country recorded 1,140 homicides.<ref>{{Cite news |work=Deutsche Welle |title=Gobierno de El Salvador: 2021 fue "el año más seguro" |date=2 January 2022 |url=https://www.dw.com/es/gobierno-de-el-salvador-2021-fue-el-a%C3%B1o-m%C3%A1s-seguro/a-60310349 |access-date=19 March 2022 |language=es-ES |archive-date=31 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220331044722/https://www.dw.com/es/gobierno-de-el-salvador-2021-fue-el-a%C3%B1o-m%C3%A1s-seguro/a-60310349 |url-status=live }}</ref> According to official data, 2021 had the lowest number of recorded murders since the end of the civil war in 1992. By 2022, El Salvador had a homicide rate of 7.8 per 100,000 individuals.<ref>{{Cite web |author=Eddie Galdamez |date=May 1, 2023 |title=El Salvador Homicide Rate (2010-2023). The Daily Murder Rate for 2023 is 0.4 |website=El Salvador INFO |url=https://elsalvadorinfo.net/homicide-rate-in-el-salvador/ |access-date=3 May 2023 |archive-date=22 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230522040620/https://elsalvadorinfo.net/homicide-rate-in-el-salvador/ |url-status=live }}</ref> On 10 May 2023, Bukele stated on Twitter that El Salvador had completed one full year or 365 days since 2019 without a single homicide occurring. This announcement was accompanied by a video detailing his government's claims about this dramatic change in the occurrences of homicide.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Cerramos el 10 de mayo de 2023, con 0 homicidios a nivel nacional.Con este, son 365 días sin homicidios, todo un año|url=https://twitter.com/nayibbukele/status/1656553055104499712|access-date=11 May 2023|archive-date=11 May 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511110316/https://twitter.com/nayibbukele/status/1656553055104499712|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2024, El Salvador reported a homicide rate of 1.9 per 100,000 people, a figure lower than any other Latin American country.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Alemán |first1=Marcos |title=El Salvador closes 2024 with a record low number of homicides |url=https://apnews.com/article/el-salvador-homicides-gangs-bukele-69384a8705267eaddd18dcd28a53465b#:~:text=Not%20all%20nations%20had%20published,country%20had%20reported%20in%202023. |website=AP News |language=en |date=1 January 2025}}</ref> This rate represents a 98% decrease in nine years.<ref name="Straight Arrow News">{{cite web |last1=Rucker |first1=Karah |last2=Edwards |first2=Michael |title=How El Salvador's murder rate fell 98% in nine years |url=https://san.com/cc/how-el-salvadors-murder-rate-fell-98-in-nine-years/ |website=Straight Arrow News |date=3 January 2025}}</ref>
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