The Latest Breaking News from El Salvador

US Supreme Court orders temporary halt to deportations under antique law

Block on removal of migrants sets up possibility of another challenge by Trump administration to power of the courts.

Al Jazeera · Apr 19, 2025

Trump has found in El Salvador a model for the repressive state he wants to build – and he’s just getting started

Nayib Bukele has shown how brutal control can be sustained not just through force, but by raising the cost of speaking out, says journalist Jordana Timerman

The Guardian - UK · Apr 19, 2025

Appeals court pauses Judge Boasberg’s contempt probe against Trump administration

A federal appeals court late Friday temporarily halted U.S. District Judge James Boasberg’s contempt investigation against the Trump administration after he accused officials of failing to comply with his order regarding deportation flights to El Salvador last month.

The Independent UK · Apr 19, 2025

Tropical drinks by the pool? Not so fast, says senator who visited Abrego Garcia in El Salvador

There was the pool furniture in the background

The Independent UK · Apr 18, 2025

Senator Who Visited Abrego Garcia Exposes 'Margarita-Gate' Setup By El Salvadoran President Bukele

Sen. Van Hollen pushed back against claims that he was "sipping margaritas" with unlawfully deported Kilmar Abrego García during their meeting in El Salvador.

Latin Times · Apr 18, 2025

Kilmar Abrego Garcia No Longer Kept At Infamous Salvadoran Mega Prison, Senator Says

Senator Chris Van Hollen said Kilmar Abrego Garcia told him he's no longer being held at El Salvador's infamous CECOT prison

Latin Times · Apr 18, 2025

ICE agents admitted they were arresting ‘the wrong guy’ on NYC street — they deported him anyway

Merwil Gutierrez was deported from The Bronx to brutal El Salvador prison, according to family and attorney

The Independent UK · Apr 18, 2025

White House Boasts Abrego Garcia Is 'Never Coming Back' to the US While Trolling NYT

The White House's official X account mocked The New York Times on Friday to declare that Kilmar Abrego Garcia is "never coming back" from El Salvador.

Latin Times · Apr 18, 2025

How all of Trump’s gang claims against wrongfully deported man boil down to one unnamed informant

Kilmar Abrego Garcia, languishing in an El Salvador mega-prison, is accused of being an MS-13 member – but evidence to substantiate the claim is thin, court records reveal

The Independent UK · Apr 18, 2025

‘I never issued a criminal contempt citation in 19 ½ years on the bench’ – a former federal judge looks at the ‘relentless bad behavior’ of the Trump administration in court

Legal battles between the Trump administration and advocates for deportees flown to prison in El Salvador have turned into conflicts between the government and the judges overseeing those cases. One federal judge, James Boasberg, accused Trump administration lawyers of the “willful disregard” of his order in March to halt those…

The Conversation · Apr 18, 2025