A group of 43 U.S. lawmakers—including 21 senators, all Democrats—sent a scathing letter to Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, branding the transfer of 252 Venezuelans to El Salvador’s mega-prison and their treatment there as...
Overview & Contribution: Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele calls himself the “world’s coolest dictator,” which may be an apt title given his social media savviness, backwards baseball caps, and concerted efforts to undermine democracy. While Bukele has enjoyed...
UN experts warned on Wednesday that El Salvador is misusing Interpol law enforcement mechanisms to further its political agenda by issuing red notices against two Salvadoran human rights defenders in exile. The experts say that the charges and red notices against...
Ivania Cruz and Rudy Joya are Salvadoran human rights lawyers who have requested asylum in Spain, residing there to escape the legal harassment they face in their home country due to their work protecting fundamental rights. Both activists belong to a non-governmental...
A federal judge on Wednesday said he was resuming his long-stalled court proceeding to determine whether Trump administration officials willfully violated a court order by deporting hundreds of men to El Salvador in March. US district judge James Boasberg said he...
José Arnulfo Fernández Flores, 59, and Óscar Armando López Sánchez, 54, emerged as the latest victims of the state of exception. Both were confined in the Izalco prison in Sonsonate, and they succumbed within a span of less than 24 hours after admission to the Dr....
