And yet vast majority of their population had him at over 90% approval and thought everything he did was necessary to maintain order.

There’s already far more trauma, and even more to be inflicted if he didn’t go all out against gangs. If you aren’t from that area or other similarly dangerous country you wouldn’t really get how desperate it gets. He 100% was necessary.

They’re no longer the murder capital of the world and safer than even Canada. Women can actually walk outside and children can play.

It’s harsh, but El Salvador did what was necessary to fix their problem. They saved countless men, women, and children both inside and outside their country from monsters walking in human skin.