Blockade of Soyapango 2022
Recorded location from Wikidata; battle sites are often approximate.
Key facts
| Date | 3 December 2022 – 6 December 2022 | Wikidata |
|---|---|---|
| Year | 2022 | Wikidata P580 (start time) |
| Era | Post-1945 (1946 onwards) | derived from year |
| Location | El Salvador | Natural Earth (modern borders) |
| Continent | North America | Natural Earth |
| War / conflict | Salvadoran gang crackdown (2022–present) | Wikidata P361 |
| Coordinates | 13.7097, -89.1386 | Wikidata P625 |
About the battle
The blockade of Soyapango was a Salvadoran government operation to arrest criminal gang members of Mara Salvatrucha (MS-13) and 18th Street gang in the city of Soyapango. The operation began on 3 December 2022 when Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele announced that 10,000 members of the country's security forces surrounded the city. As of January 2023 the active phase of the blockade has been completed; however, security forces are still engaged in removing gang related symbols and the security setup in the area has been enhanced.
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