The flow of people entering El Salvador—whether by land, sea, or air—fell during the first three months of the year, according to the General Directorate of Migration and Immigration. Between January and March of last year, a total of 1,843,433 travelers crossed the...
Citizen Action (Acción Ciudadana) reported on Thursday that agents of the National Civil Police (PNC) carried out “unusual activity” at the residence of Malcolm Cartagena, who heads the organisation’s political-monitoring centre. “On Wednesday, 25 June, in the morning...
The Association of Journalists of El Salvador (Asociación de Periodistas de El Salvador, APES) raised the alarm on 25 June 2025 over yet another instance of police harassment targeting a member of the press. This time the complaint involves journalist Guillermo...
The legal team representing environmental attorney Alejandro Henríquez and pastor and community leader José Ángel Pérez filed a habeas corpus petition on Wednesday with the Constitutional Chamber of the Supreme Court of Justice (CSJ), seeking to overturn the...
The Chamber thus ratified López’s provisional detention on a charge of illicit enrichment. Officers arrested her on 18 May at her home. On Thursday, El Diario de Hoy sought comment from López’s attorneys, who replied that the proceedings are subject to a total...
The initiative is already under way. On 12 June, Prime Minister Eduardo Arana informed Congress that the government intends to transfer foreign prisoners to El Salvador’s Centro de Confinamiento del Terrorismo (Terrorism Confinement Center, CECOT), the high-security...
