Walking through a neighborhood in El Salvador built on a hillside, Adélia Rosales points toward an alley: “Five bodies turned up here.” For years she lived with her husband and two young children in La Campanera, a neighborhood on the outskirts of the...
Three Mara Salvatrucha (MS-13) gang members, under a cooperation agreement with the Attorney General’s Office, have confessed during the mass trial of 486 alleged leaders of that criminal structure that, between 2013 and 2021, they tortured, murdered, and buried...
The Attorney General’s Office (FGR) maintains that it does not have a statistical record to determine how many cooperation agreements were granted between January 2015 and July 2026 in cases involving illicit associations and organized crime, extortion,...
The Legislative Assembly amended the Road Conservation Fund (FOVIAL) law with 56 votes so that it can participate in the establishment or operation of companies of any nature, provided their activities are linked to the rehabilitation, maintenance, operation, or...
Exactly one year after signing their contracts with the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology (Mineducyt) for the 2026 school year, thousands of micro and small business owners (MYPEs) in the domestic garment sector still have their machines idle and their...
Vendors set up around San Salvador’s Central Market are facing a new eviction process. The San Salvador Centro mayor’s office notified them that they have 72 hours, starting August 19, to voluntarily remove their structures and merchandise from spaces...
