Enrique Anaya was detained by police earlier this month on money laundering allegations just days after calling Bukele a “dictator” on live TV. His arrest has been the subject of an outcry by human rights defenders. “Unfortunately, the result was not what we had hoped...
Preventive detention confirmed Salvador Enrique Anaya Barraza—constitutional lawyer and one of the government’s most outspoken critics—will remain in pre-trial detention while his case moves to the formal investigative phase. The Seventh Peace Court of San Salvador...
Former Salvadoran consul Óscar Landaverde criticized President Nayib Bukele for failing to seek relief for the Salvadoran migrant community in the United States, especially at a time when persecution of undocumented individuals has intensified. “They must understand...
The president of El Salvador, Nayib Bukele, enjoys showing his mega-prison to leaders from other countries, who visit in search of inspiration. Christened the Terrorism Confinement Center (CECOT) and inaugurated in January 2023, the facility has space for 40,000 gang...
The director of Legal Humanitarian Aid, Ingrid Escobar, has confirmed her departure from the country after receiving information about a possible arrest warrant against her, a situation related to her work as a human rights defender. In a video posted on her social...
El Salvador’s Supreme Court of Justice has partially admitted a habeas corpus petition for lawyer Enrique Anaya, who was detained two weeks ago for the alleged crime of money laundering, his legal defense team reported on Saturday. Anaya, a constitutional lawyer...
