Mu gihugu cya El Salvador, ubuyobozi bukomeje gufata ingamba zikakaye zo guhashya imitwe y’abagizi ba nabi, by’umwihariko umutwe wa Mara Salvatrucha uzwi nka MS-13. Mu cyemezo cyafashwe n’urukiko, umwe mu bahoze muri uyu mutwe yakatiwe igifungo cy’imyaka 1,335, igihano kiremereye kigaragaza icyerekezo cya Leta mu guca burundu urugomo n’ubugizi bwa nabi.
Uyu mugabo yahamijwe ibyaha byinshi birimo ubwicanyi, gushimuta abantu, gukoresha intwaro mu buryo bunyuranyije n’amategeko no kugira uruhare mu bikorwa by’iterabwoba byahungabanyije umutekano w’abaturage. Urukiko rwemeje ko ibyo byaha byakozwe mu bihe bitandukanye, bityo ibihano byegeranyijwe bigatanga igifungo kirekire cyane.
Si we wenyine wahaniwe ibi byaha. Abandi bantu 10 bahoze mu mutwe wa MS-13 na bo bakatiwe ibihano bikomeye, aho buri wese yahawe igifungo kiri hagati y’imyaka 463 na 958, bitewe n’uruhare yagize mu byaha yashinjwaga. Ibi bihano byafashwe nk’intsinzi ikomeye ya Leta ya El Salvador mu rugamba rwo gusubiza igihugu umutekano.
Mu myaka yashize, MS-13 yigeze kugenzura hafi 80% by’igihugu, igateza ubwoba n’ihungabana rikomeye mu baturage. Icyakora, kuva Leta yatangiza gahunda yo gukaza umutekano n’ibihano bikakaye, ibikorwa by’uyu mutwe byagabanutse ku buryo bugaragara.
Abayobozi bavuga ko ibi bihano ari ubutumwa bukomeye ku bandi bagifite imigambi yo kwishora mu bugizi bwa nabi, bashimangira ko amategeko azakomeza gushyirwa mu bikorwa nta kurengera.
