It’s best to crack down on crime early, before desperate voters demand that the government trade fundamental freedoms for basic order.
The reason a quasi-police state looks so good to Salvadorans is that so many of them were already living under a police state, except that it was run by gangs such as MS-13. Want to have a business? Pay hefty extortion. Want to own a vehicle? You owe the gang a monthly fee. Want to play soccer on the local field? Sorry, that’s gang turf. Want to have relatives visit you at home? First
for them to enter his territory. Reject the wrong suitor? He might kill you. He also might kill you just because he can.Residents of gang territory had no recourse, because anyone testifying against a gang member risked death. Bukele’s erosion of due process: Now, you don’t have to testify, you just make an anonymous phone call. This required Bukele to take undemocratic shortcuts, undermining the independent judiciary and centralizing immense powers in himself.
Along with mass imprisonment, it also made it impossible for the gangs to keep control of their victims. And as a result, soccer pitches are reportedly now overrun with
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