Violence In El Salvador Essay

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El Salvador is the smallest country in Central America and also one of the most dangerous countries. During the civil war in the 1980s a lot of salvadorans migrated to the USA and other countries, But most people immigrated to USA. But how this has connection to gangs problems? Salvadorans had lack of education and they were not legal residents in the USA, so they choose the easy life involving themselves in gangs as self-protection. Salvadorans began to commit crimes and the USA did not accept their behaviors, so during the 90s the USA deported a lot of salvadorans back to El Salvador and it was how gangs took root in El Salvador. El Salvador has been facing gangs problems since 1990, but what are the factors that contribute to gang violence in El Salvador? Some of the factors that contribute to gang violence in poor countries like El Salvador are immigration and deportation, lack of parenting, juvenile delinquency, and lack of education. One of the factors correlated to gang violence in El Salvador is the immigration …show more content…
Education is very important for children because educating them, they can learn to be polite and also education help them to get out of poverty and thus they are no longer at risk to be controlled by the gangs. In poor countries that are facing with gangs violence like El Salvador, children 's lives are always in risks, inasmuch as gang members are around them all the times. For example, gangs take over poor places in El Salvador to manipulate the territory and people. Gang members go to school and they wait out of school to kids to come out. They monitor the children to know their lives and when they finally know all about them, gang members begin to persuade them and force them to join them. Once parents know about it, they prefer take their children out of school. Children lose their education and future years children are more vulnerable to joining

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