El Salvador's 'most violent month': homicide rate hits record high in May

There is no record of a higher monthly number of killings in the Central American nation than May, when about 20 people were killed a day El Salvador broke a grisly record in May with 635 homicides, believed to be the most killings for a single month since the Central American country's civil war ended in 1992. Related: Gang violence in El Salvador fuelling country's child migration crisis