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US sanctions El Salvador officials accused of negotiating with gangs

The content originally appeared on: CNN According to a statement by the US Treasury Department, the officials - Osiris Luna, chief of the Salvadoran Penal System and vice minister of justice and public security, and Carlos Marroquin, chairman of the social fabric reconstruction unit - organized covert meetings with senior incarcerated members of the gangs MS-13 and Barrio 18. The Salvadoran criminal gang MS-13 has been described by the US government as a 'transnational threat.' Over the course of negotiations, […]

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