«The prisoners there die every day, not per week»: released prisoner narrates what he lived in Izalco prison / «Los reos allí mueren a diario, no a la semana»: liberado narra lo que vivió en penal de Izalco

por El Salvador Now | 06/28/2022 | Destacado, El Salvador Now

I was arrested on May 10 at my house, according to the police, for illicit groups association, extortion, and having a criminal record, which was dismissed by a judge at the hearing a month later. But before that, I had to endure many cases of abuse...

Collapsed Government Talks with MS-13 Sparked Record Homicides in El Salvador, Audios Reveal / Audios de Carlos Marroquín revelan que masacre de marzo ocurrió por ruptura entre Gobierno y MS13

por El Salvador Now | 05/18/2022 | Destacado, El Salvador Now

High-ranking Mara Salvatrucha-13 (MS-13) sources confessed to El Faro their responsibility for killing 87 people between March 25 and 27 in El Salvador, including 62 of them on March 26, the most violent day in the past two decades. Spokespersons for MS-13 revealed...

Gang Expert Flees El Salvador after Intimidation from Bukele / Experto en pandillas huye de El Salvador después de la intimidación de Bukele

por El Salvador Now | 04/16/2022 | Destacado, El Salvador Now

On April 8, three days after the law was passed, a self-identified member of Nuevas Ideas, Kevin Sánchez, announced on Twitter that he planned to file charges against two El Faro journalists, Óscar Martínez and Gabriela Cáceres, for “replicating gang-related messages...

Gang members requested by the United States left prison / Pandilleros solicitados por EUA salieron de la prisión

por El Salvador Now | 04/02/2022 | Destacado, El Salvador Now

Four leaders of the Mara Salvatrucha (MS) with extradition requests signed by federal prosecutors of the United States enjoyed days out of prison between July 2021 and January 2022, according to jail and judicial documents to which this investigation had...