Two weeks ago, I had the good fortune to travel to El Salvador thanks to an assignment from Nova Lectio, a YouTube channel that features documentaries on global and European affairs.
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I also had the good fortune to meet Simone Guida, one of their presenters, and we began the process of co-producing an episode about the Center of Confinement of Terrorism or CECOT,
which, as you know, is a maximum security prison that is the current response of the Salvadoran government and, I would say, society, to find answers to the criminal organizations Mara Salvatrucha (MS-13) and Barrio 18 (18th Street).
It's a good idea to recognize the privilege of covering the MS-13 story. A lot of journalists have the experience where one day we choose a story, and every other day the story chooses us.
It all started with Steven Dudley's book, MS-13: the Making of America's Most Notorious Gang, when I learned about Alex Sanchez, one of the witnesses and members in the creation of the gang, and I asked him to be interviewed for How Crime Works at Business Insider.
It was my second interview there and it was a complex one, but it was finally published in the context of Nayib Bukele's presidency, the state of emergency implemented two years ago and extended until today, and his approach to public safety.
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