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Man shot by ICE in California has been arrested by the FBI, attorney says

The attorney for a man shot by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents during an enforcement stop in California says his client was arrested by the FBI after being discharged from a hospital

The Independent UK

An attorney for a man shot by ICE in California says his client denies being a gang member

The attorney for a man shot by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents during an arrest in central California says his client is recovering after three surgeries for multiple gunshot wounds and that he denies being a gang member

The Independent UK

Man shot by ICE in California is not gang member, attorney says

The attorney disputed claims that Mendoza has a warrant out for his arrest in El Salvador

The Independent UK

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Philadelphia’s 40-year history of protecting undocumented immigrants began with churches hiding refugees from El Salvador

In the midst of a civil war, married couple Ernesto and Linda Fuentes fled their home country of El Salvador and headed for Philadelphia, via Mexico, in November 1983.

The Conversation

From deportation to court, key events in Kilmar Abrego Garcia's fight with the Trump administration

Kilmar Abrego Garcia entered the news in March 2025 after he was deported to El Salvador despite a court ruling that should have prevented it

The Independent UK

ICE agents shoot man in California wanted in El Salvador; suspect tried to run over officers

Federal immigration officers from US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) shot a man on Tuesday morning during a law enforcement action in Stanislaus County, California, authorities said. The shooting occurred during a vehicle stop along Interstate 5 near Sperry Avenue in Patterson.

The Times of India

Elon Musk Endorses Bukele on Victims Rights Over Killers in Viral X Post as El Salvador Crime Plummets

Elon Musk threw his weight behind El Salvador President Nayib Bukele on Sunday, replying "Exactly" to a viral video clip in which Bukele questioned why some activists seem more concerned with the human rights of killers than with the rights of women who don't want to be raped or children…

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First Thing: Saudi Arabia urging US to keep up Iran attacks, intelligence source confirms

Mohammed bin Salman said to consider war a ‘historic opportunity’ to remake Middle East. Plus, Senate passes funding package for Homeland Security that excludes ICE

The Guardian - UK

Venezuelans deported by US detail fresh claims of torture and abuse at El Salvador mega-prison

Petition seeks accountability from Salvadorian authorities over human rights violations at notorious Cecot facility

The Guardian - US

Venezuelan Deported to El Salvador Prison Sues U.S. For More Than $1 Million Over Abuse: 'I Thought About Hanging Myself'

A Venezuelan man deported from the United States and detained in El Salvador's CECOT mega-prison has filed a federal lawsuit seeking at least $1.3 million in damages, alleging he was subjected to abuse amounting to torture.

Latin Times

Venezuelan sues Trump administration for $1.3M over ‘government-sanctioned torture’ at notorious El Salvador prison

Neiyerver Adrián León Rengel said he spent four months in El Salvador’s CECOT prison

The Independent UK

El Salvador's Bukele proposes life prison sentences in nation that has imprisoned 1% of population

El Salvador's President Nayib Bukele and his party are pushing forward a constitutional reform that would permit life prison sentences in a country that has imprisoned more than 1% of its population in its war on gangs

The Independent UK

Surfing’s big break: how climate crisis insurance may save El Salvador’s waves

Fearing that extreme weather threatened its epic breaks, Oriente Salvaje is piloting the first surf insurance policy to protect livelihoods and ecosystems

The Guardian - UK

U.S., El Salvador Disappearing and Arbitrarily Detaining Salvadorans Deported From the U.S., Human Rights Watch Claims

The report was based on 20 interviews with relatives and lawyers of 11 Salvadorans who were deported from the United States between March and October of last year and were immediately detained in El Salvador.

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El Salvador has arbitrarily detained nationals deported from the US, Human Rights Watch says

Salvadoran nationals deported from the United States are arbitrarily detained in El Salvador and their loved ones do not know where they are or how to contact them

The Guardian - US

El Salvador’s mass arrest policy may have led to crimes against humanity, study shows

Experts documented murder, torture and disappearances under Nayib Bukele’s policy targeting gangs

The Guardian - UK

‘Everyone feels like they are being scammed’: can Central America’s small coffee growers survive as global prices fall?

Family-run farms in El Salvador and Honduras face mounting losses, rising costs – and the need to adapt or be left behind

Euronews

'Everyone loves Bukele for it,' El Salvador's VP Ulloa defends mass crackdown of gangs

Félix Ulloa says Europe does not understand what he describes as 'the miracle of Bukele' after a radical crackdown on gang violence. While crime has dramatically declined in what used to be one of the most dangerous countries in the world, critics say El Salvador is turning into a police…

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'Deport Her to El Salvador': Jimmy Kimmel Makes Fun of Kristi Noem's Firing as Late‑Night Hosts Celebrate

Comedians, including Jimmy Kimmel and Stephen Colbert, seized on Donald Trump's decision to fire DHS Kristi Noem, making biting jokes about her reassignment.

The Guardian - US

Venezuelan man says his rose tattoos got him deported to El Salvador’s brutal prison: ‘I thought my life had ended’

Trump administration accused Luis Muñoz Pinto of being part of the Tren de Aragua gang. Now living in Colombia he hopes to clear his name and study engineering in the US

The Guardian - UK

Jailed for losing a pregnancy: how progress on El Salvador’s harsh anti-abortion law is unravelling

Years of campaigning led to the release of 81 women imprisoned under the country’s strict reproductive laws, but the suspension of civil rights by President Nayib Bukele is fuelling a new wave of criminalisation

Euronews

More than 100,000 plastic lids complete world's tallest recycled mural in El Salvador

Venezuelan Óscar Olivares is the man behind the world's tallest mural of plastic lids in the Zacamil neighbourhood of San Salvador. The piece is more than 13 metres high and was built with more than 100,000 pieces recycled by the community.

The Times of India

El Salvador’s Mona Lisa gets a colourful makeover in a 13‑metre mural made from recycled caps

A new Mona Lisa has appeared in El Salvador. But this isn’t Leonardo da Vinci’s original. Instead, it seems a local twist has been added, in more ways than one. A towering 13-metre mural now dominates a building in Zacamil, a working-class area of San Salvador. And it’s made entirely…

The Independent UK

Mexico and El Salvador make big cocaine seizures at sea as US continues lethal strikes

El Salvador and Mexico have reported major cocaine seizures at sea this week, as U.S. strikes on suspected drug boats leave 11 people dead

The Guardian - US

Venezuelan deportee can return to US but fears repeat of ordeal: ‘I’m not over that nightmare yet’

Luis Muñoz Pinto, 27, who was sent to notoriously brutal prison in El Salvador, would like to clear his name after US judge’s ruling

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