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The Latest Breaking News from El Salvador

Salvadoran lawyer and Bukele critic Ruth López arrested

Rights group have condemned the move and have expressed concern that the attorney's whereabouts are still not known.

Euronews

Judge rips Trump for trying to ‘set aside the rule of law’ in case of Venezuelan asylum-seeker deported to El Salvador

Administration has been accused of slow-walking similar case of wrongly deported man

The Independent UK

Trump news at a glance: thinktank finds legal immigrants stripped of protections and sent to El Salvador prison

Report comes as supreme court allows US president to revoke protected status for Venezuelans. Key US politics stories from 19 May 2025

The Guardian - US

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At least 50 migrants sent to El Salvador prison entered US legally, report finds

Cato analysis goes against Trump administration’s claim that only undocumented people were deported to Cecot

The Guardian - US

Lawyer for Venezuelans deported to El Salvador prison arrested

Ruth López held without access to lawyers at secret location accused of ‘embezzlement’ a decade ago

The Guardian - US

El Salvador Arrests Rights Lawyer Helping Deported Migrants

Police in El Salvador have arrested a prominent human rights lawyer with an organization helping families of imprisoned Venezuelan migrants who were deported by the United States, authorities said Monday.

International Business Times

Latin American Presidents Are Spending Millions To Lobby Trump, U.S. Government Records Reveal

The lobbying efforts by governments like El Salvador and Argentina span requests for trade deals, military support, energy investments, and diplomatic access

Latin Times

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Trump news at a glance: President sees setbacks in the courts and Congress as controversial Gulf tour ends

The supreme court blocks White House bid to resume deportations as lawyers say Venezuelans face ‘torture’ in El Salvador. Key US politics stories from Friday 16 May at a glance

The Guardian - US

Supreme court blocks Trump bid to resume deportations under 1798 law

Administration’s appeal to quickly deport Venezuelans under Alien Enemies Act rejected with two dissenting

The Guardian - US

Lawyers For Jailed Venezuelan Migrants Accuse El Salvador Of 'Torture'

Lawyers for 252 Venezuelans deported by US President Donald Trump's administration and imprisoned in El Salvador for two months alleged Friday that the migrants are victims of physical and emotional "torture."

International Business Times

Shipped to El Salvador: An Austin Immigration Lawyer on Her Teen Client’s Forced ‘Disappearance’

“Due process hasn’t been protected. The process that is set in place in this country that is the basis and foundation of our legal system was not allowed to work.”

Texas Observer

Senate Republicans halt resolution on El Salvador deportations - Roll Call

Senate Republicans stopped a measure seeking details about the prison in El Salvador where the administration has deported migrants.

Roll Call

El Salvador Insists 'Ball Is In' Trump's Court to Bring Abrego Garcia Home: 'The U.S. Is Paying to Keep Them There'

Sen. Chris Van Hollen pressed Salvadoran VP Félix Ulloa on the continued detention of Kilmar Abrego Garcia despite the Supreme Court ruling demanding his return.

Latin Times

Trump Commerce Secretary's $600M Stake in Crypto Firm Operating In El Salvador Suggests Potential Conflict of Interest: Report

Lutnick's connection to Tether emerged during his January 2025 confirmation hearings, when Senator Elizabeth Warren raised concerns around his "ability to put the interests of the American people ahead of financial interests"

Latin Times

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Intelligence Officials Disputed Trump's Claim About Venezuelan Govt. Controlling Tren de Aragua; Tulsi Gabbard Fired Them

DNI head Tulsi Gabbard fired two top officials involved in a report that disputed the Trump administration's rationale to invoke the Alien Enemies Act to deport Venezuelans to El Salvador

Latin Times

WATCH: Venezuelans in El Salvador's Infamous CECOT Prison Plead for Freedom

Dozens of Venezuelans held at El Salvador's high-security Terrorism Confinement Center (CECOT) appeared in a video this week shouting "freedom" and using hand signals to call for help

The Guardian - US

Trump cabinet member’s links to El Salvador crypto firm under scrutiny

Commerce chief Howard Lutnick’s firm backed controversial crypto giant Tether as Bukele ties deepened

Evening Standard

Britain's biggest pawnbroker H&T snapped up by US giant

FirstCash operates more than 3,000 locations in America, Mexico, Guatemala, Colombia and El Salvador.

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The Independent UK

Deported inmates taunt and mock Matt Gaetz and GOP delegation visiting El Salvador mega prison for OAN show

‘Americans are paying for the Tren de Aragua incarceration. It’s a bargain at $6 million,’ Matt Gaetz declared during his OAN report

The Independent UK

Rights groups sue to free Venezuelans deported from the US and held in El Salvador

International human rights organizations have filed a lawsuit with the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights asking that the commission order El Salvador’s government to release Venezuelans deported from the United States and held in a maximum-security prison

Texas Observer

The Perils of Offshoring Justice

Texas and the U.S.–El Salvador Prison Pipeline

The Guardian - US

The desperate search for a father disappeared by Trump to El Salvador: ‘We don’t know anything’

Jerce Barrios told his family he might be transferred from a California detention center – no one’s heard from him since

Roll Call

Trump pushes back against the judges who rule against him - Roll Call

Trump has a history of criticizing judges, but his administration in his second term has sought to more broadly undermine the judiciary.

International Business Times

'Dream Turned Nightmare' For Venezuelan Migrant Deported From US By Trump

Merwil Gutierrez, 19, was among 200 Venezuelans controversially deported by the Trump administration to El Salvador in March without due process or any criminal charges, says his father who has heard nothing for weeks.

Reason

Trump Administration Makes Damaging Admissions on Alien Enemies Act and Deportations

Trump admits he could return migrant illegally deported to El Salvador. And an intelligence community report concludes the Tren de Aragua drug gang isn't controlled by the Venezuelan government.

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