At least 412 people have died in El Salvador’s prisons while in state custody amid the implementation of the state of exception, Socorro Jurídico Humanitario (Legal Humanitarian Aid) reported via its X (formerly Twitter) account. “The worst is already happening,...
My name is Henry Arturo Benavides Sánchez. I am a third-year medical student. On August 14, 2024, while my mother, my sister, and I were in our home, an officer from the National Civil Police (PNC) approached the balcony and asked for a person we do not know and have...
Donald Trump’s administration is attempting to dismiss criminal charges against a top MS-13 leader in order to deport him to El Salvador, according to newly unsealed court records – igniting accusations from critics and the defendant’s legal team that the US president...
The United States Attorney’s Office has formally requested Judge Joan Azrack of the Eastern District of New York to dismiss the charges against Salvadoran national Vladimir Antonio Arévalo Chávez, alias “Vampiro de Monserrat,” one of the leaders of...
The Foreign Agents Law, which sets a 30% tax on all transactions and donations received by Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) and was approved Tuesday by the ruling party bloc in the Legislative Assembly, would leave it to the government’s discretion to...
More than one hundred civil society organizations from the Americas and Europe express our deep concern and outrage over the arrest of Ruth López, a Salvadoran lawyer and head of Cristosal’s Anti-Corruption Unit. On the night of Sunday, May 18, agents of the...
