Guatemala
Alert to
Possible
Exodus
of
Salvadoran
Gangs
GUATEMALA
- The
enforcement
of a
strict
anti-gang
law in
El
Salvador
has
triggered
an alert
among
Guatemalan
security
forces
for the
possible
entry of
gangs
into the
country.
According
to local
authorities,
checkpoints
on the
southeast
Guatemalan
border
will be
reinforced,
given
that no
visa is
required
to enter
the
country
through
that
region,
per a
regional
agreement
that
also
involves
Honduras
and
Nicaragua,
known as
CA-4.
The new
Salvadoran
anti-gang
law,
approved
by that
country's
Congress
and
President
Mauricio
Funes,
punishes
people
who
belong
to or
fund the
so-called
Maras
and
other
criminal
gangs.
The Mara
18 and
Salvatrucha
are the
most
dangerous
criminal
groups
in El
Salvador.
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