In a letter to U.S. Immigration and Customs (ICE), 31 U.S. senators, including Maryland Sen. Chris Van Hollen, demanded the return of a Maryland man mistakenly deported to El Salvador. Kilmar Abrego Garcia was deported to El Salvador on March 15, despite having...
Men deported by the United States to El Salvador’s notorious CECOT prison are living in “the same” conditions as convicted gangsters, prison director Belarmino García said on Tuesday, during an exclusive tour for CNN, the first US news organization to visit the...
At least five inmates from the Izalco Penitentiary Complex in Sonsonate Este have been reported deceased in April. Four of them died at the Jorge Mazzini Hospital in Sonsonate and one at the San Juan de Dios Hospital in Santa Ana, presumably while receiving medical...
Three testimonies from women who were deprived of liberty under the state of exception confirm cases of sexual abuse by prison staff, as well as cases of spontaneous abortions and the burial of babies in mass graves within these detention centers. According to these...
Just 10 meters from Mayra Blanco’s tortilla stand lies the corpse of the San Sebastián River in Santa Rosa de Lima, La Unión. About a hundred years ago, it was a river with crystal-clear water, home to various species of fish, amphibians, and riverside...
The recent decision by Salvadoran authorities to close multiple health centers strategically located in communities has set off alarms among public health experts. Infectious disease specialist Iván Solano Leiva has warned that these actions could weaken the health...
