The Factors That Contribute To Gang Violence In El Salvador

El Salvador is smaller country in Central America and also one of the most dangerous country. El Salvador has been facing gangs problems since 1990 right after the civil war ended. During 1980 civil war was the main reason of people to immigrate to USA and other countries. Now gangs problems is the reason of why salvadorans are forcing to leave their homes because there are 20 to 30 homicides daily. But what are the factors that contribute to gang violence in El Salvador?. Some of the factors that contribute to gang violence in poor countries as El Salvador are immigration and deportation, lack of parenting, lack of protection, and juvenile delinquency.
One of the factors correlated to gangs violence in El Salvador is the immigration and deportation during the 80s and 90s. El Salvador civil war was during the 80s and part of the 90s. People started to immigrate to different countries, but most people immigrated to USA because they were afraid to be kill.
According to Jasmine Gards, “Salvadorans made their own group marginalizing themselves as self-defense, so they can take care of each other and no one would try to intrude with them.” El Salvador is a very violent country and migrating to a new place with different language, culture, and system and also going through a war, made salvadorans feel excluded and they were even more prone to react aggressively to certain arguments. The abuse and discrimination were the reason of why salvadoran man were involved in gangs to protect their people. According to David Courtwright, “During the 40s and 50s tong members made money by extorting protection money from Chinese business ”(155). There were different