In 2015, El Salvador had the highest murder rate in the entire world. 100 people killed per hundred thousand. Tragically, this was the murder capital of the world. Last year, that [murder rate] dropped from 100 people per 100,000 to 1.9 people per 100,000. That is a 98% decrease in the murder rate. Those results are indisputable. And I will tell you, as I have been here today and I have been speaking with … (07:33–07:43)
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Asserts a 98% decrease in El Salvador's murder rate from 2015 to the previous year.
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