Police officer Carla Mayarí Ayala Palacios disappeared from the San Fernando neighborhood in San Salvador on December 28, 2017. Her remains were discovered 253 days later, buried in the Los Ríos hamlet of Los Hornos Canton, San Francisco Javier, Usulután. She served...
El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele inaugurated a new maximum-security prison in nearby Costa Rica on Wednesday, less than three weeks before Costa Ricans elect a new president in an election that has put crime front and center in campaigns. Bukele’s...
El Salvadorian President Nayib Bukele traveled to Costa Rica during the final stretch of that country’s presidential campaign, triggering a fresh political and legal controversy. Bukele’s main public activity was attending a midday ceremony Wednesday to...
The institutions comprising the expanded security cabinet convened a press conference last Monday to present the 2025 security report. At the event, officials leading the Ministry of Security, the Attorney General’s Office, and the Armed Forces unveiled their...
On December 17, 2025, a local court released lawyer Alejandro Henríquez and pastor José Ángel Pérez. Seven months earlier, the two activists had been arbitrarily detained under El Salvador’s state of emergency and charged with public disorder and aggressive...
RSF called on Spanish authorities to protect photojournalist Diego Rosales, who may be extradited to El Salvador in February 2026. Rosales was released last week after his arrest in Seville, Spain, on an Interpol Red Notice while pursuing asylum. RSF’s concern...
