Today, more than ever in its recent history, the country needs a strong, economically solid, independent, and courageous press. It is a failure of civil society that it lacked the capacity to sustain a media outlet so obviously under pressure, under attack, and facing...
The conclusion of the report “El Salvador at the Crossroads: Crimes Against Humanity Under Public Security Policy” is unequivocal. It states that the violations committed under the state of exception promoted by Nayib Bukele’s government could...
Here are five keys to explain its implementation: 1. Why was it approved and why does it continue? The state of exception was approved on March 27, 2022, by the Legislative Assembly, dominated by the ruling Nuevas Ideas (NI) party, as an extraordinary measure after a...
The Attorney General’s Office (FGR) and the Forensic Medicine Institute (IML) say they have no records of autopsies performed on detainees who have died during the state of exception, according to responses both institutions provided to public information...
El Salvador’s Legislative Assembly approved life imprisonment this Thursday (03.26.2026) for minors under 18 who are “murderers, rapists, and terrorists” in this country where President Nayib Bukele is waging an anti-gang “war” now in its...
On March 17, 2026, Security Minister Gustavo Villatoro and Defense Minister René Merino Monroy submitted an initiative to the Legislative Assembly to reform the second paragraph of Article 27 of the Constitution, which currently prohibits life sentences. The proposal...
