More than 12,000 Salvadorans have been detained by the government since March 27 in an effort to battle gang violence, but one police union representative said officers have been pressured to give “false statements” in order to meet a quota of detentions.
A priest involved with social and environmental causes in southern Mexico was threatened by gangs, the latest in a wave of increasing violence gripping the communities served by the Diocese of San Cristobal de Las Casas.
Jesuit Father Greg Boyle, who started a social enterprise in Los Angeles to help young people avert a life of gangs, drug abuse and street violence, will receive the University of Notre Dame’s Laetare Medal.
