1,000 fewer homicides in El Salvador

According to information provided by Minister of Justice and Security David Munguia Payes and reported in ContraPunto, there were 952 fewer violent deaths in El Salvador between January and the end of August compared to the same time last year.

After a rough start to August, the country looks like it will finish with an average of around 5.24 homicides per day. That would be the lowest daily average for any single month yet which was helped by the country's second homicide-free day of the year on the 24th.