For the U.S. government, sending deportees accused of being gang members to a prison in El Salvador fits with President Trump’s promise to aggressively deport undocumented migrants and to crack down on crime. For El Salvador’s president, Nayib Bukele, the rewards...
José (a pseudonym used to protect his identity) had just turned fourteen when he was arrested with several schoolmates on suspicion of belonging to a gang during the state of exception. That occurred in February 2024. One month later, while in pre-trial detention, two...
El Salvador’s public health system is grappling with a profound crisis marked by inadequate coverage, substandard care, shortages of medical supplies, and an opaque health policy that undermines both medical staff and the general population, according to medical...
The Fourth Organized Crime Court in San Salvador has opened formal proceedings against 48 young people, including 14 minors, whom the Office of the Attorney General (FGR) accuses of trying to form a new gang known as La Raza. All adult defendants were remanded to...
Mexico’s Secretaría de Relaciones Exteriores (Foreign Ministry) has formally withdrawn the Mexican government’s allegation that a plane with narcotics on board, intercepted in Colima on July 3, had taken off from El Salvador. In a letter dated July 11 and addressed to...
Mexico’s government clarified there was “no indication” that an airplane it intercepted loaded with cocaine had originated from El Salvador, according to a letter posted by Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele. The letter, posted on the social media platform X by the...
