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...
By Gina Kim — March 26, 2026, 6:13 PM EDT In a 42-page order Wednesday, Chief U.S. District Judge James Boasberg dismissed, without prejudice, a lawsuit filed last June by a coalition of criminal defense attorneys and immigrant advocacy groups against the Trump...
To mark the inauguration of 70 remodeled schools, President Nayib Bukele spent a minute discussing the increase in school enrollment this year. He did not mention overall figures on new students entering the education system, nor a percentage reflecting the change...
A report by the organization Acción Ciudadana presented this Wednesday warns of a deterioration in electoral integrity ahead of the 2027 elections, pointing to opacity in the management of the electoral process, weakness in institutional controls, and a lack of...
