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A lawyer’s prolonged detention shows how El Salvador’s gang emergency extends to common crimes
El Salvador’s arrest of an anticorruption lawyer from a well-known human rights organization last month is the latest example ...
The shadowy rise of Donald Trump's favorite president: Nayib Bukele
Recorded murders fell under Bukele’s watch from 2,398 in 2019 to 114 in 2024. Salvadorans, Donald Trump said last month, ...
Independent Journal Review4d
Democrat Spent His Memorial Day Weekend Trying To Meet With Alleged Gangbanger In El Salvador
A Maryland congressman failed in an attempt to meet with Kilmar Abrego Garcia over the Memorial Day weekend, making him ...
Catholic News Agency3d
Bishops of El Salvador oppose country being used as ‘international prison’
El Salvador’s Catholic bishops have published a pastoral letter warning of the risk of turning the Central American nation ...
DU Clarion2d
Deportations used to conceal El Salvador government’s secret deals with gangs
In April, a federal judge prevented Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) from taking Arevalo-Chavez into their custody, ...
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Real photo shows tied-up, stripped men in Salvadoran prison — just not the one receiving US deportees in 2025
The photo, taken in April 2020, shows the Izalco prison. Prison conditions in both places in El Salvador are notoriously poor according to human rights groups. In April 2025, U.S. President Donald ...