One year ago, an evangelical pastor was compelled to flee El Salvador after facing police persecution for bringing food to detainees swept up in the state of exception and held in the holding cells known as El Penalito, in San Salvador. She is relating her story only...
On June 24, the Fiscalía General de la República (Attorney General’s Office) ordered the arrest of at least 40 students, allegedly linked to a fledgling organization known as La Raza Estudiantil. According to official reports, the Police apprehended 28 students...
El Salvador received 22 deportation flights from the United States in June 2025 alone, according to the latest report by Witness at the Border. The tally marks a 29 percent jump over May, when 17 flights were recorded, and stands as the highest monthly figure since...
Constitutional lawyer Enrique Anaya has been transferred to the prison known as Penitenciaría La Occidental in Santa Ana, his defense team confirmed on the afternoon of July 10, 2025. “I am at the Traffic Division of the Police visiting Enrique Anaya in my...
Atilio Montalvo did not walk out of the hospital. He could not. He emerged in a wheelchair, gaunt, toothless, his body ravaged by prison, yet his gaze remained sharp. He had endured over a year battling a litany of illnesses inside a penal facility, all while awaiting...
Economist and Peace Accords signatory Atilio Montalvo returned to his home this Wednesday after spending more than a year in prison, having been accused of plotting attacks for June 1, 2024—the day of Nayib Bukele’s inauguration for his second term. ...
