article_snippet.sent: Authorities in El Salvador have moved prisoners from two of the country's hyper-violent gangs into the same prison for the first time, in a bid to stop the country's hyper-violent gangs running operations from behind bars.
article_snippet.sent: Authorities in El Salvador have moved prisoners from two of the country's hyper-violent gangs into the same prison for the first time, in a bid to stop the country's hyper-violent gangs running operations from behind bars .
article_snippet.sent: The policy of mixing the gangs together came about when officials realised that gangs were directing criminal activity from within prison walls.
article_snippet.sent: Prisons director Rodil Hernandez said last week in San Salvador that the gang members were moved from regular prisons to the maximum security lockup where the gang members will be completely isolated from the outside world.
article_snippet.sent: Gang members in San Salvador were found to be running crime from behind bars, leading to the government taking steps to curb Gang members in El Salvador activities .