text:  Welcome to Business Daily from the BBC World Service. I'm Jane Chambers. Today we're in El Salvador, the smallest and most densely populated Central American country. In recent years, it's had major issues with gangs, which have rocked El Salvador's stability and halted growth. In April 2022, the government declared a state of emergency and sent the police and military to arrest thousands of gang members who were terrorising the country and extorting local business owners.