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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Anna-Catherine Brigida

Salvadoran news outlet El Faro says its assets frozen in retaliation for reporting on Bukele

El Salvado Bukele - (Copyright 2026 The Associated Press. All rights reserved)

Salvadoran investigative outlet El Faro announced Thursday that two of its members’ assets, including a bank account and property, were frozen, in what it denounced as an escalation of political persecution for its work exposing corruption in the government of President Nayib Bukele.

“It’s another level of attack against us with a clear purpose," El Faro Director Carlos Dada said in a news conference Thursday. “These are not fiscal measures. They are political measures trying to silence us.”

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