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Families, human rights lawyer visit El Salvador, seek to visit imprisoned Venezuelans
As a kid in rural Venezuela, Widmer Agelviz Sanguino would be awakened in the middle of the night by the screeches of nearby ...
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El Salvador Children Demand the Right to Know Their Origins
A group of them are now struggling to adapt to a bittersweet process that still moves them: the joy of having found their ...
These street vendors used their aguas frescas to fight tear gas at anti-ICE protests
It can't be a protest in L.A. without street food. Meet the vendors who want to go down in 'history books' for serving and ...
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El Salvador Then and Now: A Journey Through Time and Triumph
Take a journey through El Salvador’s rich history and vibrant culture in this in-depth exploration of the nation’s past and ...
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El Salvador: Prominent Human Rights Defender Arrested
(Washington, DC) – Authorities in El Salvador have arrested the prominent human rights lawyer Ruth Eleonora López, Human Rights Watch said today. On May 18, 2025, at 11 p.m., Salvadoran police ...
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El Salvador Arrests and Disappears Prominent Human Rights Attorney
El Salvador’s National Civil Police have arrested ... According to a video of the arrest obtained by El Diario de Hoy, López told officers to “have decency,” because one day the sort ...
Los Angeles Times29d
What El Salvador’s Bukele, a hero for the American right, isn’t showing the world
President Nayib Bukele’s crackdown on gangs has brought peace to El Salvador, but the price, some Salvadorans say, has been the loss of civil liberties. “We used to be afraid of the gangs ...
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Documentary reveals conditions of deported Venezuelans in El Salvador's CECOT mega-prison
Caracas, May 15 (RHC)-- Images from a documentary filmed by former U.S. Congressman Matt Gaetz show the harsh conditions in which inmates live at the Center for Terrorism Confinement (CECOT) in El ...
The Washington Post1mon
El Salvador wants America’s prisoners. And its tourists.
EL SUNZAL, El Salvador — The scene outside Laola Surf Camp was Instagram-perfect. A towering palm tree leaned over the black-sand beach. Surfers paddled out to catch breaking waves. Families on ...
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Detained Venezuelan immigrants worry about being sent to Salvadoran prison
Ten days earlier, dozens of Venezuelan detainees at the center were given notices by immigration officials that alleged they were members of the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua and subject to ...
The Heritage Foundation1mon
Why El Salvador’s “Mega” Prisons Are Making the World Safer
This week’s White House meeting between President Trump and El ... Salvador of illegal immigrants with criminal records and ties to designated foreign terrorist organizations like MS-13 and Tren ...
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Trump admin proposed sending up to 500 alleged Venezuelan gang members during negotiations to use El Salvador’s mega-prison
The United States proposed sending up to 500 Venezuelan migrants with alleged ties to the Tren de Aragua gang to El Salvador as the two governments sought to reach an agreement on the use of the ...