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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Whenever I text with my foster son (in his 30s now) who lives in El Salvador because he was deported in his 20s (due to stealing and using someone's credit card) he tells me about the gangs, getting mugged, fearing for his life, losing his job due to gang member threatening to kill him if he came back to work the next day, seeing dead bodies in the streets, [b]the poverty he lives in[/b] and sees everyday despite working hard, etc etc.

I wouldn't visit there for any reason except maybe to see him and even then I wouldn't because it's too dangerous.  The idea of taking a vacation there blows my mind.[/quote]

The problem is "the poverty he lives in."  You could probably be having almost the same text exchange with a convict living in SE Washington.  I feel badly for your foster son, but his reality in El Salvador is far different than any tourist's would be.

When we were there, I do remember driving past a prison where all of the guards were wearing face coverings.  I asked our taxi driver about it, and he explained that they didn't want anyone to know who they were because it put their lives at risk.   [/quote]

I'm sure you are right that his experience in San Salvador is different from a tourist with plenty of money at a beach resort.  However, I also have a neighbor who is from El Salvador, she's been here many years but went back for a visit about two years ago.  She was petrified the whole time she was gone and extremely grateful to get back home here to her family safe.  She went to see her elderly mother but wouldn't take her teenage daughter because she was too afraid for safety.  Yeah, I'd pass on El Salvador, but I'm sure many others like to live on the edge.[/quote]

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