The content originally appeared on: CNN CNN - Eight months since El Salvador's President Nayib Bukele announced a war on gangs, an estimated 2% of the country's adult population - or roughly 100,000 people - are now behind bars. Bukele's crackdown this year, prompted by a bloody killing spree by gangs that saw dozens of people killed in March, placed El Salvador in a prolonged state of emergency and relaxed important constitutional rights, like due process and freedom of association. […]
