SAN SALVADOR (Reuters) - Homicides fell sharply during April in El Salvador, police figures showed on Monday, after ferocious gang violence probably turned the poor Central American country into the world's most murderous nation.
The violence has challenged the government of leftist President Salvador Sanchez Ceren, who has struggled to finance security plans and has instead focused efforts on controlling the more than 15,500 gang members locked up in 13 prisons.
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