Inmate Juan Carlos Aragón, 53, died on Saturday, November 21, while receiving medical care at the Hospital Nacional Jorge Mazzini in Sonsonate, police and medical sources from the facility confirmed to LA PRENSA GRÁFICA. According to the information gathered, Aragón...
Lawyers Ruth Eleonora López and Salvador Enrique Anaya, both government critics arrested in 2025, have been denied all contact with their families and defense attorneys, according to sources close to each of them. The organization Cristosal reported last Thursday that...
During his recent visit to El Salvador, lawmaker Max Lucks of the German political party Bündnis 90/Die Grünen (Alliance 90/The Greens) expressed concern over the human rights situation, the state of exception, and the trajectory of democracy in the country. In an...
German lawmakers Gökay Akbulut and Max Lucks, members of the Federal Parliament, on Tuesday demanded the release of Salvadoran activist Ruth López, along with other individuals who—they denounced—have been unjustly detained under the state of exception in force in El...
An independent audit conducted in 2023 of the digital divide reduction program—through which the Government of El Salvador distributed computers and tablets to students and teachers—confirmed the purchase of more than half a million devices by the government between...
Last weekend, human rights organizations reported the deaths of two inmates held at the Izalco Penal Center in Sonsonate. Socorro Jurídico Humanitario (Legal Humanitarian Aid) confirmed that, as of February 8, it had documented the deaths of at least 487 prisoners...
