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Federal prosecutors are seeking to drop narco-terrorism charges against a man they have alleged is one of the gang’s leaders.
A labor rights group in El Salvador has asked the Supreme Court to strike down a controversial “foreign agents” law.
A makeup artist who became the face of more than 250 Venezuelan migrants deported by the U.S. to El Salvador's most notorious prison arrived home to his family on Wednesday after what he described as "an encounter with torture and death.
The fiercest voices of dissent against President Nayib Bukele have long feared a widespread crackdown. They weathered police raids on their homes, watched their friends being thrown into jail and jumped between safe houses so they can stay in El Salvador.
El Salvador's Bitcoin reserve only helps the government and not normal residents of the Central American country, according to one BTC advocate.
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Critics of El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele are facing growing risks. Just last week, Cristosal, the country’s leading human rights organization, sent its staff abroad due to what it described as persistent harassment and legal challenges.
Neiyerver Adrián Leon Rengel, 27, said he should never have been sent to the notorious prison, where he was beaten by guards and kept from contacting his family or an attorney.
Northwest Arkansas residents gathered outside the El Salvador Consulate in Springdale Thursday to highlight hundreds of immigrants deported to a Central American prison without due process. More than two dozen people attended the event,