El Salvador is forcibly disappearing and arbitrarily detaining Salvadorans deported from the United States. The detained people are among more than 9,000 Salvadorans deported by the United States since the start of 2025. Some of them were deported on March 15, 2025,...
By Thomas Graham The draconian mass incarceration policy of El Salvador’s president, Nayib Bukele, may have led to crimes against humanity, according to a new study by legal experts. By locking up 1.4% of the population without due process, Bukele turned El Salvador...
By Sarah C. Bishop Baruch College, City University of New York Pressing Issues in Latin America (PILA) publishes select reports, papers, and data from research centers in Latin America. We also invite researchers and academics who specialize in this region to...
The International Group of Experts for the Investigation of Human Rights Violations under the State of Exception in El Salvador (GIPES)—established in 2024—has reported that there are reasonable grounds to conclude that crimes against humanity are being committed in...
By Héctor Silva Ávalos The main conclusion of the five jurists who signed the report on crimes against humanity within the framework of Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele’s public security policy is easy to understand. The State, they say, has an obligation to...
A report presented last week to the United Nations by an international group of experts issued a warning that Latin America should not ignore. According to its findings, there are “reasonable grounds” to believe that crimes against humanity have been...
