Acción Ciudadana (Citizen Action), a watchdog organization monitoring government institutions, announced on September 1 that it has been registered in the Registro de Agentes Extranjeros (Registry of Foreign Agents, RAEX) and will face a 30% tax on the donations it...
The Government of El Salvador (GOES) announced on Saturday, August 30, that it had reached 1,000 homicide-free days, but according to public security specialists, the figure is difficult to verify because crime statistics have been kept under seal since 2022 and...
Vice President Félix Ulloa stated in a television interview that, despite efforts to unite the countries of Central America, regional integration still faces significant hurdles. “It must be said candidly and with concern: this is not the best moment for Central...
When President Nayib Bukele declared the state of exception in El Salvador in March 2022, he promised an end to a longstanding nightmare in the country: the brutal grip of street gangs such as the Mara Salvatrucha (MS-13) and Barrio 18. His audacious offensive, backed...
The account Desaparecidos SOS El Salvador (SOS Missing Persons El Salvador; @DesaparecidosSV on X) reported 22 deaths during August 2025—including suicides, femicides, and the discovery of bodies—none of which were reported by the authorities. According to the posts,...
The most recent photographs the family has of businessman Catalino Miranda Arteaga are grim, and his family insists this is not how they want to remember him. For this reason, they are asking that he be granted alternatives to detention and sent home so he can be...
