Catholic World News
Church mediates gang truce in El Salvador
March 22, 2012
Bishop Fabio Colindres Abarca, who heads the military ordinariate for El Salvador, has announced a truce between rival drug-trafficking gangs, which has proposed a welcome drop in the rate of violent crime.
Bishop Colindres said that the two gangs—MS-13 and Barrio 18—agreed to stop attacking each other. The gangs had asked the Church to mediate their feud, the bishop said, and public officials made no concessions to the gang members.
For all current news, visit our News home page.
Further information:
Sound Off! CatholicCulture.org supporters weigh in.
All comments are moderated. To lighten our editing burden, only current donors are allowed to Sound Off. If you are a current donor, log in to see the comment form; otherwise please support our work, and Sound Off!
