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Summary The murder-free day was the first recorded since leftist Funes took office in June 2009.
No one was murdered in El Salvador, officials said, in what was the first homicide-free day in nearly three years for the CentralAmerican country plagued by violent drug gangs. After years when the number of murders reached alarming levels of up to 18 per day, we saw not one homicide in the country, President Mauricio Funes said in a statement released on Sunday. The murder-free day was the first recorded since leftist Funes took office in June 2009.
