San Salvador - Eight gang members were killed in a confrontation with police on a coffee farm in El Salvador, police said on Thursday, the same day as hundreds of thousands of people marched around the country for an end to rising violence.
Police raided the farm in the city of San Jose Villanueva, south of San Salvador, after complaints from residents, according to a statement.
The gang members fired first, the police said, and one officer was lightly injured. The gang members were part of the criminal group Barrio 18, according to the prosecutor's office.