Alternate Magistrates: “We are no longer in a position to accept decisions not legally issued” — Magistrados suplentes: “Ya no estamos en posición de aceptar decisiones no emanadas de forma legal”

02/12/2024

The collegiate body of the Supreme Electoral Tribunal, composed of five principal magistrates and five alternates, has experienced a rupture due to the irregular electoral process that only last Friday — five days after the election — confirmed Nayib Bukele as the...

Former Salvadoran National Security Advisor dies in custody, accused of espionage by Bukele — Muere bajo custodia un exasesor de Seguridad Nacional de El Salvador al que Bukele acusó de espionaje

02/10/2024

Nayib Bukele has officially won the presidency of El Salvador with 2.6 million valid votes. With 98.7% of the ballots counted by the Supreme Electoral Tribunal (TSE), the 42-year-old president will take office in June for the 2024-2029 term. However, his victory...

Torture marks alleged on Alejandro Muyshondt’s body — Denuncian marcas de tortura en cuerpo de Alejandro Muyshondt

02/10/2024

El Salvador criminal lawyer Lucrecia Landaverde denounced this Friday (09.02.2024) that the body of Alejandro Muyshondt, former National Security Advisor of the government of Nayib Bukele, who died in state custody, shows signs of torture. “There is a sea of...

80% of JRV members allegedly replaced, according to electoral observers — 80% de integrantes de JRV habrían sido suplantados, según observadores electorales

02/09/2024

The Electoral Observation Mission (MOE) of the Center for Training and Promotion of Democracy (CECADE) denounced that a “generalized irregularity” has been committed in all polling centers where people randomly selected to join the Vote Receiving Boards...

Opposition parties report more than 50% of original records missing in presidential scrutiny tables — Denuncian falta de más del 50% de actas originales en mesas de escrutinio presidencial

02/09/2024

Opposition parties installed in the final scrutiny tables denounced the lack of the original records from the Supreme Electoral Tribunal (TSE) to begin the vote count for the presidential election on Sunday, February 4, adding a new irregularity in the electoral...

TSE President Admitted Irregularities and “Possible Intervention” in Salvadoran Election — Presidenta TSE: “No descartamos hayan intervenido para que las cosas sucedieran como sucedieron”

02/08/2024

The president of the Supreme Electoral Tribunal (TSE) in El Salvador, Dora Martínez, said on Tuesday, February 6, in a private meeting with the leaders of political parties, that she suspects that the collapse of the transmission system that provoked the total failure...