El Salvador: Gang-Enforced Transport Strike Becomes More Violent
  • 9 years ago
The transportation strike enforced by criminal gangs in San Salvador and surrounding areas has become more violent, with a 7th bus driver being killed. The criminal gangs are demanding to be included in the government's security council, a proposal rejected by President Salvador Sanchez Ceren, who refuses to negotiate with them. The bus drivers are demanding that the government take action as their lives are threatened if they don't adhere to the strike. teleSUR