El Salvador became the bloodiest country in the Western world in 2015. Its murder rate eclipsed 100 homicides for every 100,000 inhabitants, a figure more characteristic of a failed state than a modern democracy. Not since the mid-1990s had the country been this...
Police Director-General Mauricio Arriaza was escorting a suspect in a multi-million-dollar fraud scheme to the capital, San Salvador, when the helicopter came down shortly after take-off. The suspect, fugitive former bank director Manuel Coto, had been accused of...
The Armed Forces of El Salvador (FAES) confirmed at 11:14 p.m. on Sunday, September 8, that a UH-1H aircraft from the Salvadoran Air Force crashed in Pasaquina, La Unión. On board were the director of the Policía Nacional Civil (PNC) (National Civil Police), Mauricio...
In a coordinated operation between the National Police of Honduras and the Public Ministry, the general manager of Cosavi, Manuel Alberto Coto Barrientos, was detained while being a fugitive with an INTERPOL red notice; the Salvadoran prosecution had reported his...
Families of 11 victims consulted tell the same story. They recount how their children, nephews, and grandchildren with fever roamed health centers and hospitals, only to be sent home. This happened day after day, until the dengue entered the acute phase and it was too...
Summary: The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of El Salvador asked an embassy for donations of medical supplies amid the dengue emergency. One embassy confirmed receiving the request, while other representations stated they did not. In July, El Salvador’s authorities...
