The social media account Desaparecidos SOS recorded a total of 17 deaths “without a defined cause” nationwide in April 2025. For the majority of the bodies found (9), the cause of death was not publicly known, and they were registered in the eastern...
President Nayib Bukele reported on Sunday, April 27, on X (formerly Twitter) about the decrease in the price of the basic food basket in recent months and, as an example, compared the street price of tomatoes and potatoes in mid-2024 with the current price in...
After winning a second term as president of El Salvador in 2024, Nayib Bukele pledged to translate security gains into prosperity for the country. Achieving this seemed reasonable. After all, for years, the prevalence of extortion and violence in El Salvador had been...
The New York Prosecutor’s Office indictment against 13 MS-13 leaders prosecuted in the United States (U.S.) confirms that the gang negotiated with the Nayib Bukele government between 2019 and 2021, as recently revealed by Barrio 18 leaders interviewed by El...
This weekend was revealing. Half the population already knew that homicides due to criminal violence had not disappeared overnight, but were the result of agreements and truces between governments—both the Executive branch and municipal authorities—and organized...
“I have no doubt the government are watching,” said Ingrid Escobar, an activist lawyer who has proved a thorn in the side of El Salvador’s authorities. “There are cars that follow me – I have them identified.” Since president Nayib Bukele launched a sweeping crackdown...
