Connolly, Escobar Lead Letter to Blinken Requesting Information on Wrongly Detained US Citizens and LPRs in El Salvador — Connolly y Escobar Lideran Carta a Blinken Solicitando Información sobre Ciudadanos Estadounidenses y Residentes Permanentes Incorrectamente Detenidos en El Salvador

11/02/2023

Today, Congressman Gerry Connolly (D-VA) and Congresswoman Veronica Escobar (D-TX) led 14 of their colleagues in sending a letter to Secretary of State Antony Blinken expressing concern for and requesting information about U.S. citizens and Lawful Permanent Residents...

Court Still Doesn’t Admit Habeas Corpus for Alejandro Muyshondt — Sala aún no admite habeas corpus para Alejandro Muyshondt

11/02/2023

The Constitutional Chamber of the Supreme Court of Justice (SCJ) has not yet admitted a habeas corpus filed on October 25th by Fernán Camilo Álvarez Consuegra, lawyer for the Álvarez family, who submitted a document to inquire about the situation of Alejandro...

The Dictators’ Bank: How Central America’s Main Development Bank Enabled Corruption and Authoritarianism — El banco de los dictadores: Cómo el principal banco de desarrollo de Centroamérica permitió la corrupción y el autoritarismo

11/01/2023

Key Findings CABEI has funded major infrastructure projects that have later been engulfed in scandal, where its loans were used to pay bribes, or seen as an easy source of cash by alleged conspirators. Internal audits obtained by reporters show the bank has ignored...

Company of Bukele’s Brothers Received $118K in Secret from FMLN Government — Empresa de los hermanos Bukele recibió $118,143 de la partida secreta de Sánchez Cerén

11/01/2023

A company administered by two brothers of Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele, Global Motors S.A. de C.V., received 16 checks from Banco Hipotecario, a state-owned bank, totaling $118,143.23 USD. The funds came from the ‘black budget,’ or secret presidential fund, of...

Mother of Alejandro Muyshondt: “They took him alive, I want him alive” — He is not in the registry of detainees

10/31/2023

At 7:30 a.m. this Monday, Patricia Álvarez received a call from the United States in which a friend offered condolences for the death of Alejandro, her son, who has been in prison since August 9th, after being arrested for multiple crimes. This occurred days after he...

The story of the Muyshondt cousins, who went from being allies of Bukele to being imprisoned and on the brink of death — La historia de los Muyshondt, dos primos que pasaron de aliados de Bukele a presos al borde de la muerte

10/30/2023

Ernesto Muyshondt, the former mayor of San Salvador and once a political ally of President Nayib Bukele, last appeared on camera in early August during a virtual hearing where he appeared before a judge from the prison where he is being held. Muyshondt looked haggard,...