 Our cities, our cities will be so unsafe, we won't be able, we will not be able to have it there in El Salvador. Murders are down by 70%. Why are they down? Well, to answer the question of why are they down, the numbers of homicides in El Salvador did drop nearly 70% in 2023. President Nayib Bukele has credited the prolonged state of emergency there in the attempt to fight criminal gangs.