The Latest Breaking News from El Salvador

Trump administration pursues Kilmar Ábrego García on previously dismissed charges

Attorneys for Ábrego, who was wrongfully deported to El Salvador, say the DoJ’s appeal was ‘flat wrong’

The Guardian - US · Aug 18

Winning back walls from gangs, artists fill El Salvador's towns with colour

CONCEPCION DE ATACO (EL SALVADOR) - On the walls where gang members in El Salvador once marked their turf, urban artists are now creating large murals in a traveling festival that fills the streets of the Central American country with colour.

Bangkok Post · Aug 17

USGS Earthquake Alert: 5.5-magnitude quake strikes off El Salvador Coast

A magnitude 5.5 earthquake struck off El Salvador's coast on Wednesday. The offshore event occurred at a moderate depth of 56.8 kilometers. Tremors were felt in the capital city of San Salvador by residents. No immediate reports of major damage or casualties were issued. The seismic activity highlights El Salvador's…

The Economic Times · Aug 13

Farage unveils radical plan to deport foreign criminals to El Salvador

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The Independent UK · Aug 10

Reform ‘financing brutality with UK taxpayer money’ with pledge to deport foreign criminals to El Salvador

Reform UK leader Nigel Farage has opened talks with the government of El Salvador on potentially renting prison spaces

The Independent UK · Aug 10

What Is Special About El Salvador's Mega Prison? Farage Begins Talks of Sending Foreign Lags to the Facility

Nigel Farage and Reform UK are considering deporting 10,000 foreign inmates to El Salvador's mega prison to address UK prison overcrowding, amidst controversy over the facility's conditions.

International Business Times UK · Aug 10

Man from El Salvador dies in immigration jail in New Jersey, ICE officials say

People held at the Newark facility have asked for improved living conditions and better medical care, as they say some are being denied medication.

Euronews · Aug 4

‘The number of remains is difficult to determine’: civil war death site dug up for landfill in El Salvador

Despite a 2018 ruling to stop waste being dumped where civilians were executed in the country’s civil war, diggers are working at what campaigners call a place where ‘human life, biodiversity and the environment will be sacrificed’

The Guardian - UK · Jul 30

How Latin America’s right use humour – and why it has deep historical roots

Humour plays a key role in the political communication of rightwing populist leaders in Latin America. Politicians including Javier Milei in Argentina, Nayib Bukele in El Salvador and Jair Bolsonaro in Brazil have all used humour to engage with and solidify their support base, normalise extreme ideologies and deflect criticism.

The Conversation · Jul 29

Buried for over 3,000 years: Why this mysterious human skull and turtle-shaped artifact have archaeologists excited about a forgotten civilization

Archaeologists in El Salvador have uncovered a mysterious face-down human skull believed to more than 3000 years old at a burial site dating to around 850 B.C. DNA and radiocarbon testing could reveal whether this is one of the oldest known pre-Hispanic burials in Mesoamerica, the Ministry said in a…

The Economic Times · Jul 29