 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 percent. Why are they down? Well, to answer the question, why are they down? The numbers of homicides in El Salvador did drop nearly 70 percent in 2023. President Nayib Bukele has credited the prolonged state of emergency there in the attempt to fight criminal gangs.