A 10- to 14-year-old girl living in rural El Salvador is less likely today to have someone detect sexual abuse in time. Ecos Familiares — the system that placed health promoters inside communities — operated with a $297 million budget in 2020. Four years later, in...
Daniel Enrique Aguilar Mejía is passionate about soccer, and his family remembers him through the emotions he experienced on the field and watching matches on television. He disappeared on October 24, 2021, in San Salvador’s historic center, and today the Search...
On Thursday, June 25, three police officers arrived at the home of lawyer Guillermo García — the defense attorney for José Santos “Pepe” Melara and Luis Menjívar, both facing charges in the case involving veterans of the Alianza Nacional El Salvador en Paz...
The Legislative Assembly approved, after waiving standard procedure, a new extension of the state of exception — the 52nd since the measure was first implemented in March 2022 as part of the government’s strategy against gangs. The extension was endorsed during...
In a statement released last week, the Santa Marta community raised the possibility that the reactivation of metallic mining is also behind other cases of political persecution, beyond that of the environmental leaders. According to Santa Marta, mining could also be a...
Lawyer and human rights defender Ruth López, detained since May 18, 2025, and charged with the crime of illicit enrichment, marked 400 days imprisoned in El Salvador on Monday, awaiting the second hearing in the criminal proceedings against her, without the date it...
