LAT PHOTO DESK EDITING THIS - A campaign sign for the new Mayor Pablo Molina, of the Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front (FMLN) party, right, hangs after elections in San Jose Las Flores, El Salvador, Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2024. The sign in front features poetry from Chile's late poet Pablo Neruda. (AP Photo/Salvador Melendez)
Students walk past a wall covered with the faces of candidates for mayor, national congress, and regional congress, all from the Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front (FMLN) party, in San Jose Las Flores, El Salvador, Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2024. El Salvador held its municipal elections on March 3, in which Pablo and Carlos won their contests, while Tony lost. (AP Photo/Salvador Melendez)
Residents play cards at the central park in San Jose Las Flores, El Salvador, Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2024. El Salvador held its mayoral elections on March 3. (AP Photo/Salvador Melendez)
LAT PHOTO DESK EDITING THIS - A soldier speaks with a resident at a bus station, covered with graffiti rejecting the use of bitcoin ahead of municipal elections in San Jose Las Flores, El Salvador, Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2024. El Salvador held its mayoral elections on March 3. (AP Photo/Salvador Melendez)
A Salvadoran student walks past next to a religious altar painted with the colors of the Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front (FMLN) party outside a church in San Jose Las Flores, El Salvador, Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2024. El Salvador held its mayoral elections on March 3. (AP Photo/Salvador Melendez)
José Carlos Navarrete, a veteran fighter of the Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front (FMLN) stands with his dog at home in San Jose Las Flores, El Salvador, Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2024. El Salvador held its mayoral elections on March 3. (AP Photo/Salvador Melendez)
A campaign sign for Alfredo Hernandez, the mayoral candidate of the New Ideas party, hangs in San Jose Las Flores, El Salvador, Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2024. Hernandez lost in El Salvador's March 3 mayoral elections. (AP Photo/Salvador Melendez)
A youth pushes his bike past a mural showing farmers that reads in Spanish "Daily life" in San Jose Las Flores, El Salvador, Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2024. El Salvador held its mayoral elections on March 3. (AP Photo/Salvador Melendez)