Two years after declaring war on street gangs, Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele now hails El Salvador as the "safest" country on the continent, but critics say the price has been high.
What happened to the gangs?
Deployment of the military and police dealt a heavy blow to the structures of the gangs, which were financed by extortion, contract killings and drug dealing, backed by threats of death.
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