El Salvador has been popping up in my news feed for a while now, and I have kept one eye on what has been going on there.
The reason is simple: in what amounts to the blink of an eye the country has gone from the most dangerous in the world to one of the safest in North America. You are now safer in El Salvador than in the United States.
Most of the decline in the murder rate can be attributed to the policies of El Salvador’s president Nayib Bukele.
El Salvador used to be murder capitol of the world. Now it’s the 2nd to safest country in the Western Hemisphere.
How did President Nayib Bukele do it?
He cracked down on crime and jailed more than 65,000 gang members.
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— End Wokeness (@EndWokeness) January 18, 2024
It’s no secret how Bukele accomplished this goal: through massive…