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2012–2014 Salvadoran gang truce
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From March 2012 to May 2014, the Salvadoran government, the Catholic Church, and the country's two largest criminal gangs, Mara Salvatrucha (MS-13) and the 18th Street gang, came to a truce, known in El Salvador simply as the Gang Truce, to lower the country's rate of homicides and extortions in exchange for improved prison conditions and certain visitation privileges. The truce's principal negotiators were Minister of Public Security David Munguía Payés, former deputy Raúl Mijango, and Bishop Fabio Colindres, and the negotiations were overseen by President Mauricio Funes.
A member of MS-13 with a tattoo displaying the gang's name and the country's coat of arms
A member of MS-13 with a tattoo displaying the gang's name and the country's coat of arms
David Munguía Payés in 2015.
David Munguía Payés in 2015.
2014 ARENA presidential candidate Norman Quijano criticized the truce throughout his electoral campaign.
2014 ARENA presidential candidate Norman Quijano criticized the truce throughout his electoral campaign.
Image: President Francisco Flores El Salvador 1 (cropped)
Image: President Francisco Flores El Salvador 1 (cropped)