Violations Under the State of Exception Reach the US Congress — Vulneraciones durante régimen llegaron al Congreso de los EUA

04/18/2026

Human rights organizations in El Salvador participated in a US congressional hearing this week to address the human rights situation in El Salvador under the state of exception. The session was convened by the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission and included...

No official record of skeletal remains and graves since 2021 — Sin registro oficial de osamentas y fosas desde 2021

04/18/2026

Skeletal remains and clandestine graves discovered nationwide over the past five years do not appear in any subject-specific reports from the Attorney General’s Office (FGR), according to the institution’s Document Administration and Statistics Unit, which...

Access Restricted to Community and Areas Surrounding CECOT in Tecoluca — Restringen paso hacia comunidad y zonas aledañas al CECOT en Tecoluca

04/18/2026

Residents of the La Periquera canton in the district of Tecoluca, San Vicente Sur, reported access restrictions on the road leading to the community, which also leads to the Terrorism Confinement Center (CECOT). Locals said that a boom gate was installed over a month...

More than 700 buses and minibuses won’t be replaced this year, transit operators warn — Más de 700 buses y microbuses no se renovarían este año, advierten transportistas

04/18/2026

Lucio Vásquez, a member of the National Transportation Roundtable (MNT), said this Thursday, April 16, that more than 700 vehicles wouldn’t be replaced this year due to the economic difficulties facing the sector. According to what was stated, 978 vehicles were...

Life Imprisonment, Perpetuity of the Exception — Cadena perpetua, perpetuidad de la excepción

04/18/2026

First came the angry discrediting of the authors of the report on the critical state of human rights in the country. Then came a sort of revenge with more than a hint of a tantrum. Lawmakers, acting on “precise instructions” from Bukele, amended the...

Cristosal Denounces Abuses Under State of Exception Before U.S. Congressional Commission — Cristosal denuncia abusos bajo régimen de excepción ante comisión del Congreso EEUU

04/17/2026

Cristosal director Noah Bullock appeared Thursday before the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission of the U.S. House of Representatives to denounce a deterioration in El Salvador’s human rights situation after four years under a state of exception. “The...