Fidel Zavala, spokesperson for the Unidad de Defensa de Derechos Humanos y Comunitarios (UNIDEHC), has been detained since February 2025. On April 2, 2025, authorities transferred him to Mariona prison. Fidel is now being held by the same guards he previously...
The U.S. arrest and removal to El Salvador’s prison gulag of Kilmar Abrego García, a Salvadoran citizen legally residing in the United States, has created a firestorm related to the lack of due process in the U.S. But what about due process in El Salvador? Could...
The healthcare crisis at the Salvadoran Social Security Institute (Instituto Salvadoreño del Seguro Social, ISSS) continues to deepen, especially for patients needing elective surgeries, according to a new complaint from the Union of Medical Workers of the ISSS...
Residents of Tecoluca, San Vicente, report that in recent days there has been an increase in pollution in the rivers near the Center for the Confinement of Terrorism (CECOT). They fear for the environmental impact and their families’ health. Residents of...
For violence and security expert Jeannette Aguilar, it is improbable that a person who lived in an area controlled by the Barrio 18 gang would be accepted as a member of Mara Salvatrucha (MS-13). Salvadoran Kilmar Armando Ábrego García, who was deported due to an...
The recent discovery of 1,152 packages of drugs in a container in Panama, allegedly originating from El Salvador and destined for Belgium, has generated mixed reactions among authorities and legal experts. Minister of Defense Francis Merino Monroy stated via his...
