U.S. federal investigators with Joint Task Force Vulcan are continuing their inquiry into possible agreements between top leaders of Mara Salvatrucha (MS-13)—members of its ruling council, the Ranfla Nacional—and Salvadoran government officials, as this newspaper has...
The Rosales National Hospital (HNR) would be removed from the administration of the Ministry of Health (MINSAL) and placed under the control of a new institution attached to the Presidential Office (CAPRES), according to a bill presented yesterday by the Executive...
On October 11, 2021, the Ministerio de la Defensa Nacional de El Salvador (Ministry of National Defense of El Salvador) informed the Chief of the General Staff of Mexico’s Secretaría de la Defensa Nacional (Secretariat of National Defense, SEDENA) that they would...
The Frente Magisterial Salvadoreño (Salvadoran Teachers’ Front), which brings together public sector teachers, expressed its concern on Friday over the appointment of Captain and physician Karla Edith Trigueros as the new Minister of Education, Science, and...
Over 80,000 Salvadorans have been detained — some of whom human rights defenders maintain are innocent — since gang-busting President Nayib Bukele declared a state of emergency three years ago that allowed arrests without warrants. The government accuses...
Attorney General Rodolfo Delgado requested an amendment to Article 17 of the proposed reform to the Anti-Organized Crime Law, allowing the investigation period and the filing of charges against individuals detained under the state of exception to be extended by up to...
