“We realized that he and several inmates had gone an entire month enduring thirst”: relatives of deceased inmate in Quezaltepeque prison — “Nos dimos cuenta que él y varios presos estuvieron aguantando sed durante un mes”: familiares de fallecido en penal de Quezaltepeque

03/28/2025

The inmate, 45-year-old Valentín Lara López—who was being held at the Quezaltepeque Prison in La Libertad—died on the afternoon of Monday, March 24, while receiving medical treatment at San Rafael National Hospital in Santa Tecla. According to his relatives, Lara...

Mass Incarceration and Democratic Deterioration: Three Years of the State of Exception in El Salvador — Encarcelamiento Masivo y Deterioro Democrático: 3 Años del Régimen de Excepción en El Salvador

03/28/2025

On March 27, 2022, at the request of President Nayib Bukele, the Legislative Assembly passed a state of exception, limiting constitutional guarantees and granting unrestricted powers to the security forces of El Salvador. What was supposed to be a thirty-day measure...

Impact of US funding cuts on HIV programmes in El Salvador — Impacto de los recortes de financiamiento de EE. UU. en los programas de VIH en El Salvador

03/28/2025

Immediate Risks or Disruptions Stockouts: Antiretroviral (ARV) Drugs and Viral Load (VL) Tests: A stockout is anticipated within the next 3 to 6 months. Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP): The HIV Program Unit of the Ministry of Health has only a four-month supply of...

Gordian Knot — Nudo gordiano

03/28/2025

For a moment, imagine you’re Nayib Bukele—the president of El Salvador who calls himself the “coolest dictator in the world”—and, in a burst of digital curiosity, you decide to ask Grok (the new artificial intelligence on X): “Hey, Grok, who is the most popular...

U.S. sent Venezuelan man with pending political asylum case to El Salvador mega prison — E.E.U.U. envió a venezolano con caso de asilo político pendiente a megacárcel de El Salvador

03/28/2025

Frengel Reyes Mota was supposed to be dealing with his ongoing asylum case as he fought for his chance to stay in the United States. Suddenly, he instead found himself locked up in a mega prison thousands of miles away. “He’s in the torture prison in El Salvador,”...

SJH records 380 deaths three years after the state of exception — 380 muertes a tres años del régimen de excepción registran el SJH

03/28/2025

Socorro Jurídico Humanitario (Legal Humanitarian Aid, SJH) has documented 380 deaths under the custody of the Salvadoran State, three years after the Legislative Assembly (Asamblea Legislativa) first approved the state of exception on March 27, 2022. “We have...