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A police officer takes down a yellow police tape at a crime scene in Soyapango, on the outskirts of San Salvador September 26, 2015. In El Salvador the number of homicides surged 70 percent last year, making the central American nation among the most violent countries in the world. Violence and murders have risen steadily since a 2012 truce between the two main street gangs began to fall apart. Months of reporting show killings in the suburbs of the capital, San Salvador, where powerful gangs known as maras control entire neighbourhoods. (Photo by Jose Cabezas/Reuters)

A police officer takes down a yellow police tape at a crime scene in Soyapango, on the outskirts of San Salvador September 26, 2015. In El Salvador the number of homicides surged 70 percent last year, making the central American nation among the most violent countries in the world. Violence and murders have risen steadily since a 2012 truce between the two main street gangs began to fall apart. Months of reporting show killings in the suburbs of the capital, San Salvador, where powerful gangs known as maras control entire neighbourhoods. (Photo by Jose Cabezas/Reuters)



Family members react as forensic technicians and police officers remove the dead body of Miguel Angel Acevedo at a crime scene at La Tiendona market in San Salvador, July 2, 2015. Acevedo was killed by suspected gang members as he was selling potatoes at La Tiendona market, according to local media. (Photo by Jose Cabezas/Reuters)

Family members react as forensic technicians and police officers remove the dead body of Miguel Angel Acevedo at a crime scene at La Tiendona market in San Salvador, July 2, 2015. Acevedo was killed by suspected gang members as he was selling potatoes at La Tiendona market, according to local media. (Photo by Jose Cabezas/Reuters)



A ball is seen lying on top of a police cordon at a crime scene where a woman was shot dead at a car wash in San Salvador, September 24, 2015. (Photo by Jose Cabezas/Reuters)

A ball is seen lying on top of a police cordon at a crime scene where a woman was shot dead at a car wash in San Salvador, September 24, 2015. (Photo by Jose Cabezas/Reuters)



A plain-clothes police officer stands guard at a crime scene where a man was shot dead at La Tiendona Market in San Salvador, El Salvador on July 2, 2015. (Photo by Jose Cabezas/Reuters)

A plain-clothes police officer stands guard at a crime scene where a man was shot dead at La Tiendona Market in San Salvador, El Salvador on July 2, 2015. (Photo by Jose Cabezas/Reuters)



Sellers withdraw their produce as police investigators secure a crime scene at La Tiendona market in San Salvador, July 2, 2015. Miguel Angel Acevedo was killed by suspected gang members while he was selling potatoes at La Tiendona market, one of the most violent places in San Salvador, according to local media. (Photo by Jose Cabezas/Reuters)

Sellers withdraw their produce as police investigators secure a crime scene at La Tiendona market in San Salvador, July 2, 2015. Miguel Angel Acevedo was killed by suspected gang members while he was selling potatoes at La Tiendona market, one of the most violent places in San Salvador, according to local media. (Photo by Jose Cabezas/Reuters)



A police officer detains a woman on suspicion of collaborating with the 18th street gang during a "Safe House" operation at the Concepcion neighbourhood in San Salvador, July 2, 2015. Salvadoran police make “Safe House” operations at dangerous neighbourhoods of the capital to prevent murders, according to local media. (Photo by Jose Cabezas/Reuters)

A police officer detains a woman on suspicion of collaborating with the 18th street gang during a "Safe House" operation at the Concepcion neighbourhood in San Salvador, July 2, 2015. Salvadoran police make “Safe House” operations at dangerous neighbourhoods of the capital to prevent murders, according to local media. (Photo by Jose Cabezas/Reuters)



A boy aims with a toy gun at the Concepcion neighbourhood in San Salvador, July 2, 2015. (Photo by Jose Cabezas/Reuters)

A boy aims with a toy gun at the Concepcion neighbourhood in San Salvador, July 2, 2015. (Photo by Jose Cabezas/Reuters)



A police officer carries an umbrella while working at a crime scene where a man and his son were shot dead in their car in Ayutuxtepeque, on the outskirts of San Salvador, September 25, 2015. (Photo by Jose Cabezas/Reuters)

A police officer carries an umbrella while working at a crime scene where a man and his son were shot dead in their car in Ayutuxtepeque, on the outskirts of San Salvador, September 25, 2015. (Photo by Jose Cabezas/Reuters)



A man carries the belongings of his brother Julio Ernesto Perez, who was shot dead, near the crime scene in Huizucar on the outskirts of El Salvador, September 17, 2015. (Photo by Jose Cabezas/Reuters)

A man carries the belongings of his brother Julio Ernesto Perez, who was shot dead, near the crime scene in Huizucar on the outskirts of El Salvador, September 17, 2015. (Photo by Jose Cabezas/Reuters)



Suspects are detained as police search for the culprits after a fellow police officer and his son were killed at a basketball court by alleged members of the 18th Street gang in Soyapango, on the outskirts of San Salvador, July 6, 2015. (Photo by Jose Cabezas/Reuters)

Suspects are detained as police search for the culprits after a fellow police officer and his son were killed at a basketball court by alleged members of the 18th Street gang in Soyapango, on the outskirts of San Salvador, July 6, 2015. (Photo by Jose Cabezas/Reuters)



A woman tries to cover up blood where her nephew Julio Eduardo Henriquez was killed by suspected 18th street gang members in the Lomas de Candelaria neighbourhood in San Marcos, on the outskirts of San Salvador, September 14, 2015. (Photo by Jose Cabezas/Reuters)

A woman tries to cover up blood where her nephew Julio Eduardo Henriquez was killed by suspected 18th street gang members in the Lomas de Candelaria neighbourhood in San Marcos, on the outskirts of San Salvador, September 14, 2015. (Photo by Jose Cabezas/Reuters)



Police officers and soldiers patrol a neighbourhood in San Marcos on the outskirts of El Salvador, June 10, 2015. (Photo by Jose Cabezas/Reuters)

Police officers and soldiers patrol a neighbourhood in San Marcos on the outskirts of El Salvador, June 10, 2015. (Photo by Jose Cabezas/Reuters)



A man looks as forensic technicians and police officers work at a crime scene where Christian pastor David Ayala was shot dead in San Salvador, September 17, 2015. (Photo by Jose Cabezas/Reuters)

A man looks as forensic technicians and police officers work at a crime scene where Christian pastor David Ayala was shot dead in San Salvador, September 17, 2015. (Photo by Jose Cabezas/Reuters)



Members of the Green Cross put the dead body of a man on a rescue stretcher while retrieving him from the banks of the Acelhuate river in Ciudad Delgado, on the outskirts of San Salvador, July 21, 2015. (Photo by Jose Cabezas/Reuters)

Members of the Green Cross put the dead body of a man on a rescue stretcher while retrieving him from the banks of the Acelhuate river in Ciudad Delgado, on the outskirts of San Salvador, July 21, 2015. (Photo by Jose Cabezas/Reuters)



Suspects are detained as police search for the culprits after a fellow police officer and his son were killed at a basketball court by alleged members of the 18th Street gang in Soyapango, on the outskirts of San Salvador, July 6, 2015. (Photo by Jose Cabezas/Reuters)

Suspects are detained as police search for the culprits after a fellow police officer and his son were killed at a basketball court by alleged members of the 18th Street gang in Soyapango, on the outskirts of San Salvador, July 6, 2015. (Photo by Jose Cabezas/Reuters)



People wait to be transported to a detention facility after they were detained on the suspicion of being collaborators with a street gangs, during a night raid in Apopa, on the outskirts of San Salvador, September 22, 2015. (Photo by Jose Cabezas/Reuters)

People wait to be transported to a detention facility after they were detained on the suspicion of being collaborators with a street gangs, during a night raid in Apopa, on the outskirts of San Salvador, September 22, 2015. (Photo by Jose Cabezas/Reuters)



A blood stained bed sheet used by forensic technicians to wrap the body of Alexander Edenilson Escamilla, an alleged member of the MS-13 street gang, is seen on the back of a pick-up truck in Nejapa, on the outskirts of San Salvador, June 25, 2015. (Photo by Jose Cabezas/Reuters)

A blood stained bed sheet used by forensic technicians to wrap the body of Alexander Edenilson Escamilla, an alleged member of the MS-13 street gang, is seen on the back of a pick-up truck in Nejapa, on the outskirts of San Salvador, June 25, 2015. (Photo by Jose Cabezas/Reuters)



A man watches as forensic technicians and police officers work at a crime scene where the dead body of his father was found in Panchimalco, on the outskirts of San Salvador, June 22, 2015. (Photo by Jose Cabezas/Reuters)

A man watches as forensic technicians and police officers work at a crime scene where the dead body of his father was found in Panchimalco, on the outskirts of San Salvador, June 22, 2015. (Photo by Jose Cabezas/Reuters)



A police officer stands outside a hut as he and fellow officers search for gang members after a police unit on patrol was attacked in a low-income neighbourhood in San Salvador, July 14, 2015. (Photo by Jose Cabezas/Reuters)

A police officer stands outside a hut as he and fellow officers search for gang members after a police unit on patrol was attacked in a low-income neighbourhood in San Salvador, July 14, 2015. (Photo by Jose Cabezas/Reuters)



A dead body in a body bag lies on a road after it was found by police patrolling the area in Ayutuxtepeque, on the outskirts of San Salvador, June 22, 2015. (Photo by Jose Cabezas/Reuters)

A dead body in a body bag lies on a road after it was found by police patrolling the area in Ayutuxtepeque, on the outskirts of San Salvador, June 22, 2015. (Photo by Jose Cabezas/Reuters)



A forensic technician and police officers carry the dead body of a woman killed by alleged gang members in Apopa, on the outskirts of San Salvador, June 22, 2015. (Photo by Jose Cabezas/Reuters)

A forensic technician and police officers carry the dead body of a woman killed by alleged gang members in Apopa, on the outskirts of San Salvador, June 22, 2015. (Photo by Jose Cabezas/Reuters)



Clothes related to homicide cases are kept in a drying machine to be examined by forensic technicians at the Forensic Institute in San Salvador, June 22, 2015. (Photo by Jose Cabezas/Reuters)

Clothes related to homicide cases are kept in a drying machine to be examined by forensic technicians at the Forensic Institute in San Salvador, June 22, 2015. (Photo by Jose Cabezas/Reuters)



A forensic technician makes notes while performing an autopsy on a crime victim at the morgue of the Forensic Institute in San Salvador, July 7, 2015. (Photo by Jose Cabezas/Reuters)

A forensic technician makes notes while performing an autopsy on a crime victim at the morgue of the Forensic Institute in San Salvador, July 7, 2015. (Photo by Jose Cabezas/Reuters)



The remains of an unidentified person are arranged on a table at the forensic anthropology department of the Forensic Institute in San Salvador, July 21, 2015. (Photo by Jose Cabezas/Reuters)

The remains of an unidentified person are arranged on a table at the forensic anthropology department of the Forensic Institute in San Salvador, July 21, 2015. (Photo by Jose Cabezas/Reuters)
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