With a carefully orchestrated public profile, the president of El Salvador claims sky-high popularity after jailing gangs.

The first U.S. Peace Corps volunteers returned to El Salvador since the American force left in 2016 because of violence in ...

Latin America and the Caribbean continue to be the region with the worst perception of security according to the Gallup 2024 ...

First, Yessica Mercedes lost a brother who was beaten to death by gang members. Then, another brother was jailed in the government's "war" against gangsters.

A decade or so ago gangs like MS-13 and Barrio 18 terrorized communities, extorting businesses and waging brutal turf wars over control of neighborhoods, and El Salvador was the most violent ...

"Police and military forces came to the poor neighbourhoods, assuming that everyone were gang members." For over two years now, El Salvador has remained in a state of emergency with no end in ...

The President of El Salvador, Nayib Bukele, defended the results of his anti-gang crusade at the UN, stating that it has restored peace to the country’s streets. “In the last five years, El Salvador ...

SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador — The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights urged El Salvador Wednesday to end the more than two-year state of emergency, which has suspended fundamental civil ...

Bukele's crackdown on gangs has led to a drastic drop in homicides ... "What we are seeking is a conviction against the State of El Salvador for crimes against humanity and the torture of" Bonilla ...