Gang Truce In El Salvador Essay

I am writing about an argument that is based on a gang truce between two large rival gangs in El Salvador that was settled in order to reduce the high number of murders within the country.. I have three different articles, and two of them are from the same author, and one from another source. The first two articles that both appear in the New York Times, directly relate to the problem. I first one is called “Gang Truce Buys El Salvador a Tenuous Peace” was published on August 27, 2012 by Randal C. Archibold, and the second one “Homicides in El Salvador Dip, and Questions Arise,” is also by the same author published on March 24, 2012. The last short article about 3 pages long is published by an unknown person in Fox News Latino titled “El Salvador Gang Truce Less Certain after killings was published on September 9, 2012 as a mass murder response to the upholding of the gangs’ truce. In Central and South America there are many gang problems and many murders going on within these small torn in half countries such as Honduras and Guatemala(next to El Salvador). In El Salvador there are two gangs that run it all and are constantly fighting for power over land control, etc. They are called Mara Salvatrucha and Barrio 18. But the Mara’s are always known as MS-13’s. Recently there has been
I definitely define the 2 arguments from the New York Times as credible because for one the New York Times is one of the worlds most published and respected newspapers, and the journalists and writers they have hired are going to be very qualified and educated on the issues present. So much credibility is established just because of the newspaper it is published in. The author, Archibold, as stated in the beginning is the times bureau chief in Mexico, so he is down there and actually interviewing these people and living in and around it. He also has years of experience as a journalist. So I deem him a highly qualified writer and trust what he