Police Director-General Mauricio Arriaza was escorting a suspect in a multi-million-dollar fraud scheme to the capital, San Salvador, when the helicopter came down shortly after take-off. The suspect, fugitive former bank director Manuel Coto, had been accused of...
The Armed Forces of El Salvador (FAES) confirmed at 11:14 p.m. on Sunday, September 8, that a UH-1H aircraft from the Salvadoran Air Force crashed in Pasaquina, La Unión. On board were the director of the Policía Nacional Civil (PNC) (National Civil Police), Mauricio...
In a coordinated operation between the National Police of Honduras and the Public Ministry, the general manager of Cosavi, Manuel Alberto Coto Barrientos, was detained while being a fugitive with an INTERPOL red notice; the Salvadoran prosecution had reported his...
Families of 11 victims consulted tell the same story. They recount how their children, nephews, and grandchildren with fever roamed health centers and hospitals, only to be sent home. This happened day after day, until the dengue entered the acute phase and it was too...
Summary: The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of El Salvador asked an embassy for donations of medical supplies amid the dengue emergency. One embassy confirmed receiving the request, while other representations stated they did not. In July, El Salvador’s authorities...
Systematic detentions without evidence, people who, after being released by judicial order, are arrested again upon leaving the prison gates, crowded cells with barely any water or food, beatings by guards, electric shocks, deaths in prison by strangulation,...
