In April 2022, a woman received a WhatsApp message explaining the steps to follow to visit a detained relative at Mariona Prison: “First, we ask for discretion. Don’t post on social media or tell anyone because we would be exposed (sic).” The following messages...
The Trump administration acknowledged in a court filing Monday that it had grabbed a Maryland father with protected legal status and mistakenly deported him to El Salvador, but said that U.S. courts lack jurisdiction to order his return from the megaprison where he’s...
In the latest SJH report on 370 deaths recorded between April 3, 2022, and March 15, 2025, under the framework of the state of exception, there are 61 people who did not survive their first three months in prison. Of these, 40 died within the first 30 days. These...
The unofficial account desaparecidosSV has reported finding seven bodies so far this month, for which the authorities did not determine a preliminary cause of death, nor did they inform the public about these incidents. On March 1, the authorities processed two scenes...
The churches’ concern for the environment is not new, nor is it the product of partisan political motivations. In 2017, churches led the effort to achieve a ban on metal mining in El Salvador. It is only natural that now, when this achievement has been dismantled,...
President Donald Trump plans to host El Salvador President Nayib Bukele in Washington next month, people familiar with the matter said, after the Central American leader agreed to jail hundreds of alleged Venezuelan gang members deported from the US. The visit would...
