El Salvador’s President Made Iverm*ctin Free For All Citizens During Height Of C*vid

El Salvador's President Nayib Bukele made Iverm*ctin free for all citizens During the height of C*vid
During the p*ndemic's peak - Bukele's government rolled out a mass distribution of C*VID-19 treatment kits that included Iverm*ctin, making it freely available to all citizens because if its ability 'to fight the virus effectively'

According to Worldometer, El Salvador recorded 4,230 total C*VID-19 de*ths.

There are about 6.5 million people in El Salvador - which is similar to:

Massachusetts, 7 million (more than 21,000 de*ths)
Minnesota 5.7 million (more than 17,000),
Colorado 5.9 million (15,000),
South Carolina 5.4 million (18,000), and
Alabama 5.1 million (more than 21,000)

Bukele's war on gangs has also transformed one of the world's most dangerous nations to one of the safest.

The country has gone 861 days without any murders under Bukele's administration - which is down from 6,500 murders in 2015.

Bukele's "iron fist" policies since taking office in 2019 have centered on taking down powerful gangs like MS-13 through aggressive tactics that have been credited for restoring safety in a country once held hostage by extortion and violence.

The State of Exception suspended due process enabling mass roundups of over 80,000 gang members without warrants.
Construction of the massive CECOT prison in 2023, a high-security facility housing up to 40,000 inmates with harsh conditions to deter gang activity
Initial covert negotiations with gang members willing to talk, followed by a full-scale eradication campaign
Boosted military and police presence, including deploying thousands of soldiers to patrol and raid gang strongholds.
The types of crimes committed in El Salvador by the gangs:
A massacre in San Salvador saw MS-13 gun down 11 people, including women and children, in a single night over territorial disputes, that turned neighborhoods into war zones.
Gang-initiated bus attacks, like the burning of a public bus in Mejicanos that killed 17 passengers alive, highlighted their use of fire and grenades to enforce extortion rackets.
Forced recruitment and sexual slavery, where MS-13 would abduct teenage girls for repeated rapes and boys as young as 12 for soldier roles, often murdering families who resisted.