It’s a MS 13 Stronghold.....
“When strolling through Las Margaritas, a neighborhood of over 15,000 people in the city of Soyapango, El Salvador, crossing paths with the MS13 is all but assured. There, almost all facets of daily life are linked to the gang in one way or another.
If someone wants to buy the most essential of items, such as gasoline, they must go through the MS13, which distributes tanks full of fuel to local shops. If they want bread, the gang also provides, from one of at least three MS13 bakeries in the community. There are other bakeries, of course, but they buy their flour exclusively from the gang.
The same goes for public transport. If someone wants to leave Las Margaritas but does not have a car, they have just two options: use a taxi belonging to the gang or board a bus on one of two routes out, both systematically extorted by the MS13.”
“They control everything. Even if there are issues with domestic violence, it’s forbidden to call the police. You have to speak with them and they take care of it,” said one older woman belonging to a neighborhood association in Las Margaritas.
https://insightcrime.org/investigations/the-omnipresent-businesses-of-the-ms13/
It’s important to note that this article was written before Bukele declared war on the gangs.
It describes accurately the country before. Out of estimated 70,000 gang members, they’ve rounded up nearly 60,000 and the rest are in hiding.
State Department and Soros NGOs are beside themselves. People visiting the country now report that there is effectively no crime. No one shows up to collect extortion payments. People are able to go about their lives and business unmolested. They are free for the first time in decades.