AFP通信さんのインスタグラム写真 - (AFP通信Instagram)「AFP Photo 📷 @marvinrecinosphoto - Fencing coach helping El Salvador youth steer clear of violence - . Using worn masks, torn gloves and rusted weapons, a group of youngsters in a rural village in El Salvador are put through their paces by a passionate coach. But Ernesto Ramirez is not just training these youngsters to be talented fencers, he's trying to keep them away from violence and trouble. "This curbs violence, it certainly stops violence," the 59-year-old former athlete and now government employee explains. El Salvador's murder rate may have halved since 2015 but it is still one of the highest in world at 51 per 100,000 inhabitants in 2018. . The country is blighted by gang violence and has around 70,000 gang members, some 17,000 of whom are in prison. . After dedicating 35 years of his life to fencing, Ramirez believes the state needs to stop "training and employing" so many police and soldiers to tackle its issues and instead prepare sports coaches to work with children. .」3月20日 5時04分