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
1 day ago
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
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
El Salvador Holds Mass Trials For Thousands Jailed
By Nelson Renteria Police officers and soldiers escort a young man to a detention centre, in San Salvador, El Salvador May 2, 2022....
Genocide Watch
Jul 28, 2023
At least 153 people arrested have died in Salvadoran prisons
May 29, 2023 FILE - In this photo provided by El Salvador's presidential press office, inmates identified by authorities as gang members...
Associated Press 1
Jun 2, 2023
OAS panel urges El Salvador to restore suspended rights
A soldier checks the identification of youths on the main street of La Campanera neighborhood in Soyapango, El Salvador, Sunday, March 5,...
Associated Press 1
Apr 13, 2023
El Salvador extends emergency powers in gang crackdown
Measures enjoy widespread support, but rights groups say they have led to arbitrary arrests and prison overcrowding. El Salvador's gang...
Al Jazeera
Mar 17, 2023
El Salvador: Leaked Database Points to Large-Scale Abuses
Mass Due Process Violations, Overcrowding, Poor Prospects for Justice People arrested by police wait in zip tie handcuffs in the back of...
Human Rights Watch
Feb 1, 2023
Human rights groups concerned about surveillance in El Salvador
El Salvador's President Nayib Bukele speaks during a deployment ceremony for the Territorial Control plan and army officers' graduation...
Reuters
Jan 31, 2022
