Captain Karla Edith Trigueros, who until now served as a medical advisor to the Comando de Sanidad Militar (Military Health Command, COSAM), took office this Thursday, August 14, as the new Minister of Education. The military officer was sworn into office and...
Over 80,000 Salvadorans have been detained — some of whom human rights defenders maintain are innocent — since gang-busting President Nayib Bukele declared a state of emergency three years ago that allowed arrests without warrants. The government accuses...
Attorney General Rodolfo Delgado requested an amendment to Article 17 of the proposed reform to the Anti-Organized Crime Law, allowing the investigation period and the filing of charges against individuals detained under the state of exception to be extended by up to...
This October will mark four years since the government announced in 2021 the construction of three overpasses in San Miguel, through the Ministry of Public Works (MOP), projects that have yet to break ground. President Nayib Bukele promised the projects during the...
The portion of the El Espino estate conveyed by the State for construction of the new Centro Internacional de Ferias y Convenciones (International Center for Fairs and Conventions, CIFCO) consists of a shade-grown coffee forest in a high state of conservation and lies...
The annual report submitted by the Ministry of Security to the Legislative Assembly, covering the period from June 2024 to May 2025, contradicts the figures for alleged gang members arrested under the state of exception that the Executive itself has cited in its...
