ineffective protection or outright corruption of the police. CLIENT related the fact that some members of the gang had come to the house, but did not state to his family that they had held a gun to his head because he knew that it would upset them terribly if they knew the extent of the threats made against CLIENT. The family evaluated CLIENT’s options and came to the conclusion that El Salvador had become too dangerous for him since he was directly threatened. CLIENT and his family believe that there is no limit to the retribution the gangs will exert to ensure that consequences are met out for noncompliance of their wishes. The family believed that the only safe option would be for CLIENT to leave El Salvador entirely because gang violence and power encompasses the whole of the small country. CLIENT, therefore, began his flight from El Salvador two days before the expiration of the deadline the gang members had given him. CLIENT stayed for about one week with relatives at their home about three to four hours from El Pichiche. He then began his flight to the United States where he now seeks protection as a directly threatened family member of a forcefully-recruited ex-gang member. II. COUNTRY CONDITIONS IN EL SALVADOR With a homicide rate of 103 murders per 100,000 inhabitants, El Salvador has now surpassed Honduras and is today known as the murder capital of the world. Ex. B, J. El Salvador is the smallest Central American country, approximately the same size as Massachusetts, but it is densely populated with just over 6.3 million people. Ex. O, W, CC.
ineffective protection or outright corruption of the police. CLIENT related the fact that some members of the gang had come to the house, but did not state to his family that they had held a gun to his head because he knew that it would upset them terribly if they knew the extent of the threats made against CLIENT. The family evaluated CLIENT’s options and came to the conclusion that El Salvador had become too dangerous for him since he was directly threatened. CLIENT and his family believe that there is no limit to the retribution the gangs will exert to ensure that consequences are met out for noncompliance of their wishes. The family believed that the only safe option would be for CLIENT to leave El Salvador entirely because gang violence and power encompasses the whole of the small country. CLIENT, therefore, began his flight from El Salvador two days before the expiration of the deadline the gang members had given him. CLIENT stayed for about one week with relatives at their home about three to four hours from El Pichiche. He then began his flight to the United States where he now seeks protection as a directly threatened family member of a forcefully-recruited ex-gang member. II. COUNTRY CONDITIONS IN EL SALVADOR With a homicide rate of 103 murders per 100,000 inhabitants, El Salvador has now surpassed Honduras and is today known as the murder capital of the world. Ex. B, J. El Salvador is the smallest Central American country, approximately the same size as Massachusetts, but it is densely populated with just over 6.3 million people. Ex. O, W, CC.
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