Have a good friend from El Salvador. She goes back every six months or so. I asked her what the country is like now that they locked up pretty much anyone with gang tattoos and she said she no longer has to pay “the toll” to walk around in her hometown (apparently they shake you down in areas with shopping for “protection”), but all of her friends who are still there are just waiting for them all to be released eventually and go back to exactly how things were. She has an elderly mother there, so she’s admittedly less concerned about those falsely incarcerated.
wish1977 on October 21st, 2024 at 22:51 UTC »
Just imagine the smell they have to put up with.
The_Birds_171 on October 21st, 2024 at 23:09 UTC »
Have a good friend from El Salvador. She goes back every six months or so. I asked her what the country is like now that they locked up pretty much anyone with gang tattoos and she said she no longer has to pay “the toll” to walk around in her hometown (apparently they shake you down in areas with shopping for “protection”), but all of her friends who are still there are just waiting for them all to be released eventually and go back to exactly how things were. She has an elderly mother there, so she’s admittedly less concerned about those falsely incarcerated.
Bageland2000 on October 22nd, 2024 at 00:35 UTC »
I've never experienced that, but my intuition tells me I'd rather die than live in a place like that for multiple years.