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iiclr-18283	Mahern, Emma	La Mano Extendida: The Interaction Between International Law and Negotiation as a Strategy to End Gang Warfare in El Salvador and Beyond	2014	42	.pdf	application/pdf	17366	872	55	[Vol. 24:3 and prevention efforts with the majority of forces focused on the former.7 These efforts have not done much to substantially decrease violence, particularly in the northern triangle: Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador.8 However, in March 2012, El Salvador revealed a new strategy to decrease gang violence: a truce between the countries’ main rival factions, Barrio 18 and Mara Salvatrucha, to cease violence and to stop recruiting at schools.9 LA MANO EXTENDIDA 787 it is difficult to tell if this is due to an actual increase or an improvement in the government's tracking methods made under political pressure of those opposed to the truce.182 A recent analysis of data regarding gang violence in individual municipalities in El Salvador illustrates the complexities in understanding the reduction in violence in El Salvador.183	cache/iiclr-18283.pdf	txt/iiclr-18283.txt