Human rights organization Amnesty International spoke out against the Salvadoran state’s repression of residents of the El Bosque cooperative in Santa Tecla, who were evicted by the Police and Armed Forces with excessive use of force on the night of Monday, May...
The Elim evangelical church revealed on Tuesday that José Ángel Pérez, one of those detained from the El Bosque community, has been a pastor in its congregation for 25 years and described the arrest as unjust. Misión Cristiana Elim (Elim Christian Mission) stated that...
Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele announced Tuesday that he will ask the Legislative Assembly, which has a pro-government majority, to approve a Foreign Agents Law, which would include a 30% tax on donations received by non-governmental organizations (NGOs). The...
Five representatives from the El Bosque community in La Libertad were detained on the night of Monday, May 12, while holding a protest in which they were asking President Nayib Bukele to intervene on their behalf so they would not be evicted. The residents were near...
Residents of El Triunfo canton, in Santa Tecla, through Cooperativa El Bosque (El Bosque Cooperative) and accompanied by the Movimiento Rebelión Verde El Salvador (ReverdES) (Green Rebellion Movement El Salvador), reported that around 300 families are to be evicted...
Bus businessman José Roberto Jaco Carranza, captured on May 7, allegedly because the buses of the company he managed were not providing the free service the government offered starting Monday, May 5, died this Monday at the Salvadoran Social Security Institute (ISSS)...
