![]() There is not one primary source or channel of arms for criminal groups. Photo credit: Presidencia El Salvador, Flickr Officers of the National Civil Police (PNC) receive new arms and equipment during a Decemceremony with Salvadoran President Salvador Sánchez Cerén. ![]() gun controls, military corruption and lax oversight of large caches of civil war-era arms have made it relatively easy for criminals to access such firepower. ![]() Loose enforcement of existing Salvadoran laws, limited U.S. In El Salvador, over 80 percent of murders were carried out with guns in 2015. This article is the third in this series on violence in El Salvador. But, with the open and ongoing conflict between security forces and gangs, how government security forces are impacting the population is also critical to examine. Editor’s Note: We recently took a look at gangs and organized crime in El Salvador.
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