El Salvador's government has sent 2,000 more suspects to a huge new prison built especially for gang members, and the justice minister vowed that "they will never return" to the streets.
The tough statement came as the administration of President Nayib Bukele asked for yet another extension of an anti-gang emergency measures that would take the crackdown into its 13th month.
Over the last 354 days, about 65,000 people have been arrested in the anti-gang campaign.
