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Photos: Murder rate surges in El Salvador

January 21, 2016 10:27AM ET

Reuters photographer Jose Cabezas documents a spike in homicide since a gang truce collapses

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The body of a young woman lies at a car wash in San Salvador, Sept. 24, 2015, shot dead while playing with a ball with co-workers. Jose Cabezas / Reuters
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The photos in this set were made by Reuters photographer Jose Cabezas, who has documented a rise in homicides in El Salvador in the last year, as a truce between the two main street gangs collapsed. Jose Cabezas / Reuters
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Suspects are detained as police investigate the killing of a fellow officer and his son, allegedly by members of the 18th Street gang in Soyapango, July 6, 2015. Jose Cabezas / Reuters
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People suspected of collaborating with street gangs wait to be transported to a detention facility after a night raid in Apopa, Sept. 22, 2015. Jose Cabezas / Reuters
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A plain-clothes police officer stands guard at a crime scene where a man was killed at La Tiendona Market in San Salvador, El Salvador, July 2, 2015. Jose Cabezas / Reuters
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The dead body of Antonio Jimenez Patrix lies in the Central Market of San Salvador, July 17, 2015. Patrix was apparently killed because the owner of the stall where he worked refused to pay extortion money. Jose Cabezas / Reuters
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Forensic technicians carry the dead body of Lester Ventura who was shot along with his father while driving in their car in Ayutuxtepeque, Sept. 25, 2015. Jose Cabezas / Reuters
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Family members comfort each other as the body of their murdered relative is recovered from her house. Jose Cabezas / Reuters
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A woman tries to cover up blood where her nephew Julio Eduardo Henriquez was killed by suspected 18th street gang members. Jose Cabezas / Reuters
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Suspects are detained in an investigation into the murder of a policeman. Jose Cabezas / Reuters
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Clothes related to homicide cases are kept in a drying machine at the Forensic Institute in San Salvador, June 22, 2015. Jose Cabezas / Reuters
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The remains of an unidentified person are arranged on a table at the forensic anthropology department of the Forensic Institute in San Salvador, July 21, 2015. Jose Cabezas / Reuters

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