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El Salvador conducts its largest mass trial of 486 alleged gang members under President Nayib Bukele's crackdown on gang violence. The trial, taking place within a mega prison, is part of a broader ...

Three high-ranking leaders of the notorious 18th Street gang have been sentenced to more than a century combined in federal prison. This closes a brutal case tied to a string of murders, shootings and ...