“We are indignant and sad and we are calling the actors armed in the country to respect the medical mission”, said the coordinator of the organization Luis Romero.
The humanitarian action organization “Médicos Sin Fronteras” temporarily suspended its activities in El Salvador during the attack on pedestrians and one of its ambulances by the madrugada of this property.
Luis Romero, who coordinates the activities of the organization in the country, says that Médicos Sin Fronteras evaluates the armed attack and aggregates that the activities of the organization are suspended temporarily.
“All our medical activities are suspended, but can not be canceled, you can respect and know that our interventions can be carried out safely”, assured.
The team is equipped with a medical and auxiliary nurses who are located, according to information from Romero.
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An ambulance from Médicos Sin Fronteras entered, then from the trees of this home, to a colony in Ilopango, San Salvador, to burn medical attention, to make an attack with fleeing armored vehicles controlling the area.
“We are indignant and sad and we are calling the armed forces in the country to respect the medical mission. Our action is neutral, impartial and independent and we will help the people at the time of their mayor’s necessity “, added Romero.
MSF’s mission to provide medical and humanitarian assistance in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic in populous communities in the capital, including the public health services for the presence of pandillas.
Possessed a sensitive bay in the violations in the last years, El Salvador is dedicated to the Mara Salvatrucha (MS13) and Barrio 18, pandillas that possess 60,000 members distributed in more than 600 cells at the national level.
These bands, a phenomenon considered as a herring of civil war (1980-1992) and which were translated with the deportation of commuters of the United States, he resisted the security plans implemented in the last four Administrations.
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