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Venezuelan Deportees Were Routinely Tortured in El Salvador's CECOT Prison, Human Rights Watchdog Says

Venezuelan migrants deported by the United States to El Salvador in March and April 2025 were subjected to torture, sexual violence, and other mistreatment inside the country's high-security CECOT prison, according to a new report.

Latin Times

First Thing: Venezuelans sent by Trump to El Salvador endured systematic torture, report finds

More than 250 Venezuelans detained in Cecot prison report violations. Plus, supply boom in cheaper renewables will make decline of fossil fuels ‘inevitable’

The Guardian - UK

Venezuelans sent by Trump to El Salvador endured systematic torture, report finds

Human rights groups accuse Trump officials of complicity and draw comparison with scandal at Abu Ghraib prison

The Guardian - US

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After mistaken deportation, US asks judge to let it send Kilmar Abrego Garcia to Liberia

U.S. government attorneys say they have cleared all the hurdles needed to send Kilmar Abrego Garcia to Liberia

The Independent UK

Who has qualified for World Cup 2026?

We now know the 12 groups for this summer’s tournament

The Independent UK

Satellite Images Show U.S. Strike Aircraft Operating From Salvadoran Airport as Regional Military Build-Up Expands: Report

The deployment appears to mark the first known instance of a foreign country hosting U.S. aircraft potentially capable of participating in regional strike operations

Latin Times

Aussies rule the waves with another world surfing crown

Australia's Kai Ellice-Flint has won his maiden world title, clinching the men's longboard crown with victory in the World Surf League final in El Salvador.

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Atlanta journalist says he ‘won’t be the only’ one deported by Trump officials

Emmy award-winner Mario Guevara warns administration ‘has the power’ after he was arrested and sent to El Salvador

The Guardian - US

Immigration crackdown stokes fear and solidarity at a Catholic church in DC

The Shrine of the Sacred Heart, a Catholic church a short drive from the White House, was intended to be a sanctuary for worshippers

The Independent UK

Secret mining studies and private deals: is a new gold rush quietly starting in El Salvador?

As the country’s metal mining ban is lifted, rural communities fear a return of the contamination, violence and water shortages that cost so many lives and livelihoods in the past

The Guardian - UK

‘We’re the Resistance’

A refugee and immigrant advocate reflects on how to cope with the ICE raids in Los Angeles. Amid the trauma, she says, there is also reason for hope.

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Marco Rubio Agreed to Hand Over U.S.-Protected Informants to Bukele To Seal Trump's Deportation Deal: Report

Secretary of State Marco Rubio agreed to return several MS-13 gang leaders protected under U.S. informant programs to El Salvador in order to secure President Donald Trump's deportation deal with Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele

Latin Times

Marco Rubio betrayed drug gang informants to seal El Salvador prison deal, report says

Trump administration allegedly agreed to abandon confidential informants protected by US government in an effort to ink CECOT deal

The Independent UK

El Salvador's president seeks help in caring for country's thousands of stray dogs and cats

President Nayib Bukele of El Salvador has shifted focus from tackling gangs to addressing the country's stray cat and dog problem

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Maga figures back Bukele’s call for Trump to crack down on US judges

Experts say El Salvador president’s intervention comes as Trump is employing tactics used by autocrats abroad

Latin Times

Atlanta Journalist Deported To El Salvador Slams Trump Admin: 'I Have a Lot Of Nightmares'

Atlanta-based journalist Mario Guevara, who was detained while covering an immigration protest earlier this year, spoke out after being deported to El Salvador last week

The Independent UK

Abrego Garcia wins request for hearing on whether smuggling charges are illegally 'vindictive'

A federal judge has concluded that the Department of Justice’s prosecution of Kilmar Abrego Garcia on human smuggling charges could amount to illegal retaliation

The Guardian - US

US prosecutors keep charging women with ‘pregnancy-related crimes’

In the two years after Roe v Wade was overturned, hundreds were charged amid growing acceptance of ‘fetal personhood’

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Spanish-language journalist arrested while covering protest near Atlanta deported to El Salvador

A Spanish-language journalist who lived and worked in Georgia has been deported to El Salvador

Latin Times

Atlanta Journalist Detained While Covering a Protest Set To Be Deported, Son Says

Mario Guevara, a prominent Latino journalist in Atlanta, is set to be deported to El Salvador after being arrested while covering a protest in June, his son said

The Guardian - US

Judge denies Kilmar Ábrego García’s bid for asylum in the US

Ábrego, who was deported to El Salvador in March before being returned to the US, has 30 days to appeal ruling

The Independent UK

Journalism association to leave El Salvador over government pressure

El Salvador’s Journalists Association is moving its legal status out of the country in response to a foreign agents law passed earlier this year

The Independent UK

Detainee killed in shooting at Dallas ICE facility identified as 37-year-old man from El Salvador

Federal officials say the man who was fatally shot when a gunman targeted an Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Dallas last week has been identified as a 37-year-old detainee from El Salvador

The Independent UK

Kilmar Abrego Garcia transferred to Pennsylvania detention facility

The 30-year-old was wrongfully deported from the United States to his native El Salvador

The Independent UK

Barrio 18 gang designated as foreign terrorist organization by Trump administration

Barrio 18, largely based in El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras, originated in the United States as a street gang in Los Angeles

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