El Salvador extends mass gang detentions until 2027
The country faces an extension on gang detentions amidst constitutional reforms which abolished presidential term limits earlier this...
The Tico Times
Aug 19, 2025
Venezuela to probe Bukele for ‘torture’ of US deportees
Deported migrants say they were beaten, sexually abused and fed rotten food inside a notorious El Salvador prison. Arturo Suarez, who was...
Al Jazeera
Jul 22, 2025
Colombia blocks deportees, backs down when Trump threatens
Colombian President Gustavo Petro, pictured at the White House in April 2023, said Sunday his country will not accept U.S. flights of...
NGOs start registry of disappeared persons in El Salvador
By MARCOS ALEMÁN Updated 5:41 PM CDT, August 21, 2024 FILE - People detained by national police are transported to a detention center,...
Associated Press 1
Aug 22, 2024
Children ‘tortured, abused’ in El Salvador’s prisons
More than 3,000 minors, many with ‘no apparent connection to gangs’, have been arbitrarily arrested, Human Rights Watch says. The...
Al Jazeera
Jul 19, 2024
At least 261 people died in El Salvador's prisons
The human rights organization Cristosal says at least 261 people have died in prisons in El Salvador during President Nayib Bukele’s 2...
Washington Post
Jul 16, 2024
