PATRICK TOMBOLA. Photographer and videojournalist based in the Middle East.

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SAN SALVADOR, EL SALVADOR, 2015.05.21: A member of the 911 response team secures the perimeter while the other members of the patrol conduct searches on suspected drug dealers in one of the capital's most dangerous suburbs. The 'halcones' respond first to crimes involving armed people, homicides and other serious crimes. The first 5 months of 2015 has witnessed a rapid increased in the number of police deaths at the hands of pandillas or gangs.

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