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In El Salvador’s crackdown on gangs, quotas drive detention of

Lizzette Maradiaga strokes the hair of her son Christian after he was released from detention, while her other son Manuel de Jesus was still in police custody when this picture was taken, in Colon, El Salvador April 29, 2022. Both brothers and a friend were detained together at the beginning of April. Manuel de Jesus has since been released. Picture taken April 29, 2022. REUTERS/Jose Cabezas