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...
Representatives of the Water Forum and the Reverdes Movement—organizations dedicated to defending environmental rights—publicly denounced being victims of police harassment. According to their statements, the harassment intensified starting on May 30, the date on...
Following the lead of the Trump administration, at least two Latin American governments are discussing sending detainees to El Salvador’s notorious prison system. Weeks after the Trump administration deported hundreds of migrants to El Salvador in March, Ecuadorian...
Six out of every ten Salvadorans believe that criticizing Nayib Bukele or his government on social media or in other public forums can lead to “negative consequences” such as imprisonment. This was revealed in the latest survey published Thursday by the University...
