Former police officers and former soldiers entered the homes of their victims to murder them. On Monday night, San Miguel City’s Second Court Against Organized Crime sentenced 16 former Salvadoran police officers and former military personnel to prison for the extrajudicial killing of six alleged gang members between 2019 and 2020. RELATED: Families Protest Mass […]

Families in San Salvador protested collective prosecutions under El Salvador’s emergency rule, citing lack of evidence, blocked defenses, and thousands of alleged wrongful arrests.

The state of emergency, which has extended 46 times, has been criticized for human rights violations. On Monday, El Salvador President Nayib Bukele stated that during the “war” against gangs under the state of emergency, “no civilians died” and that “God guided” the plan. RELATED: CBS Pulls Report On El Salvador’s CECOT Prison He emphasized […]

Venezuelan migrants have publicly denounced systematic torture and abuse during their illegal four-month confinement in El Salvador’s prison, after U.S. federal court ruled in their favor. Venezuelan migrants released a joint communiqué denouncing the systematic torture, sexual abuse, and forced disappearances during their four-month illegal detention in El Salvador’s Terrorism Confinement Center (CECOT, in Spanish). […]

A major investigative report was canceled, revealing not just one prison and one policy, but a broader shift in how power, profit, and punishment intersect on the world stage. RELATED:From CECOT to Venezuela: The Controversial Repatriation of Venezuelan Migrants and Its Challenges What was meant to be an inside look at El Salvador’s Terrorism Confinement […]

Its cancellation was political, Journalist Alfonsi denounced. On Sunday, the CBS TV network pulled down the report “Inside CECOT” hours before its scheduled broadcast in the United States. It was part of their ’60 Minutes’ program, and it documented the torture, sexual, and physical abuse at the Salvadoran prison. RELATED: U.S. National Secretary Deported Venezuelans […]

A Federal court orders plan to allow migrants to return or challenge deportations. On Monday, U.S. District Judge James Boasberg ruled that the administration of President Donald Trump denied due process to nearly 200 Venezuelans it deported to the Terrorism Confinement Center (CECOT), a high-security prison in El Salvador. RELATED: Nicaragua Reaffirms Support for Venezuelan […]

Reporters Without Borders warns of escalating repression in Ecuador and El Salvador. On Tuesday, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) released its annual report, highlighting that 18 out of 67 journalists killed in the past year died in Latin America and the Caribbean. The figure represents 26% of all media professionals killed worldwide. RELATED: Report: 44 Palestinian […]

Hypertension affects 35.4% of adults between 30 and 70 years old in Latin America. In El Salvador, cardiovascular diseases account for 46.6% of deaths from non-communicable diseases, since almost half of all chronic deaths are linked to heart and circulatory problems, according to the Ministry of Health (MINSAL) and the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO). […]

Although Kristi Noem received advice from DOJ officials, she sent the migrants to a Salvadoran jail. A court filing released on Tuesday confirmed that Kristi Noem, the secretary of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), deported hundreds of Venezuelans to El Salvador in March, despite a federal document that had blocked their deportations. RELATED: Venezuela […]