Are President Bukele's Celebrations Around Security Gains Justified?

Are President Bukele's Celebrations Around Security Gains Justified?

Are President Bukele’s Celebrations Around Security Gains Justified? President Nayib Bukele in El Salvador is celebrating 1,000 days without homicides since he took power in 2019. But what does that mean exactly, and are there reasons to doubt the numbers in a country once dominated by the MS13 and Barrio 18 street gangs? Alex Papadovassilakis, InSight Crime’s chief investigator in Central America, explains why Bukele may be overstating his adm…