Attorney Alejandro Henríquez and Pastor José Ángel Pérez must remain in pretrial detention after a judge on October 29 denied their request for conditional release, a decision their defense team and civil society organizations describe as baseless, as they presented...
A Salvadoran court on Wednesday ruled to keep an environmental lawyer and a community leader imprisoned, defying calls for their release from the UN and NGOs. The two were arrested in May for protesting near the home of President Nayib Bukele. Attorney Alejandro...
Prisons across Latin America were already bursting at the seams when the “Bukele security model,” characterized by a state of exception that has led to unprecedented numbers of detentions and mass incarceration, began to be embraced by other politicians who have...
While FIFA commits to respecting human rights, combating corruption, and maintaining political neutrality, the de facto power is pushing Salvadoran football in the opposite direction. From chronic crisis to the abyss. Of course, this progress within FIFA is not...
Set off the main road through San Isidro, El Salvador, an old gate sits locked by a chain. Across its rusted metal wire mesh are emblazoned the words: “Private property, entry forbidden.” A bus stop outside is covered with faded black and yellow posters. Though...
An investigation published by The Washington Post reveals that Elmer Canales Rivera, alias Crook, one of the foundational leaders of the Mara Salvatrucha (MS-13), offered U.S. authorities recordings, photographs, and documents that would implicate Nayib Bukele’s...
