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No their civil war ended long ago. But they do still have a lot of violence caused by gangs like Mara Salvatrucha (MS13) and the armed vigilante groups that hun
by zhemao 10y ago
No their civil war ended long ago. But they do still have a lot of violence caused by gangs like Mara Salvatrucha (MS13) and the armed vigilante groups that hunt them.
- afarrell 10y agoRight, isn't that gang violence enough of a war that the US is getting refugees?
- zhemao 10y agoMS13 was started by Salvadoran prisoners deported from the US, so I guess the whole thing is coming full circle. I suppose it depends on what where you draw the line between violent crime and civil war. Usually when we think of war, we think of the combatants having clear political goals. As in they are trying to take or hold onto territory or political power. I'm not sure MS13 has any such goals. I could see how the level of violence would be about the same as that of a war, but for various reasons we don't call it such.