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Heavily armed police guard the streets as part of a state of exception in downtown San Salvador, El Salvador, March 27, 2022. El Salvador’s congress granted President Nayib Bukele late Tuesday, July 20, 2022 another 30-day extension of the state of exception that has suspended fundamental rights since a surge in gang killings in late March. (AP Photo/Salvador Melendez, File)
Heavily armed police guard the streets as part of a state of exception in downtown San Salvador, El Salvador, March 27, 2022.