After 4:00 p.m. this Monday, June 2, the Fiscalía General de la República (Attorney General’s Office, FGR) filed formal charges against Ruth Eleonora López Alfaro with San Salvador’s Twelfth Peace Court, which was on duty. According to sources close to the...
Defense lawyers in the El Bosque Cooperative case informed YSUCA that they will appeal the ruling of the First Peace Court of Santa Tecla, which last Friday ordered six months of pre-trial detention for Pastor José Ángel Pérez of Iglesia Cristiana Elim (Elim Christian...
President Nayib Bukele stated on Sunday night, June 1, during his speech marking his sixth year in office, that he “doesn’t care if they call him a dictator” and that he prefers that “to seeing Salvadorans killed,” referring to criticisms...
“You know what? I don’t care if they call me a dictator. I’d rather they call me a dictator than watch Salvadorans be killed in the streets.” This was one of the statements Nayib Bukele made Sunday night at the National Theater to defend his...
The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) urged El Salvador on Friday to repeal its newly enacted “foreign agents” law, calling it a direct threat to press freedom and civil society. The law, approved on May 20 by the Legislative Assembly dominated by President Nayib...
The Santa Tecla First Instance Peace Court held the initial hearing this morning against Alejandro Antonio Henríquez Flores, lawyer for the El Bosque cooperative, and Elim Church pastor José Ángel Pérez Godínez, who were arrested after the demonstration near President...
