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El Salvador opens 40,000-person prison as arrests soar in gang crackdown

Authorities in El Salvador have opened one of Latin America's largest prisons, more than doubling the country's incarceration capacity, as a government crackdown on criminal gangs is causing the prison population to soar.

Reuters

Haiti needs help fighting gangs. El Salvador has had success and is offering help

Nearly two years after declaring war on his nation’s violent gangs, El Salvador President Nayib Bukele has seen his nation’s murder rate drop, his popularity soar and thousands of gang members put behind bars. Even pizza delivery has resumed in some once forbidden neighborhoods.

Miami Herald

Hundreds of children packed in El Salvador's overcrowded prisons -rights group

Human Rights Watch (HRW) accused Salvadoran authorities on Friday of "mass due process violations" in the detention of tens of thousands of people, including hundreds of children, in over-crowded prisons, citing leaked government data.

Reuters

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Carlos Pena exits retirement but Rangers flop gets firm behaviour warning over colourful past

It comes after a story of obscurity in El Salvador and Guatemala before ending up in Honduras with CD Vida.

Daily Record

Central American gangs raising fears in southern Mexico

Street gangs from Central America are expanding their organized crime activities in southern Mexico

The Independent UK

El Salvador says it has repaid $800 million bond maturing January

El Salvador has repaid an $800 million bond, Finance Minister Alejandro Zelaya said on Monday, the same day the bond was set to mature, as the Central American country faced pressure to make progress in cutting debt.

Reuters

The Leader podcast: ‘Going to church on your period is a sin’

How myths about periods are finally being dispelled in El Salvador

Evening Standard

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El Salvador arrests Colombian linked to Paraguayan prosecutor's murder

A Colombian suspect in the murder of a Paraguayan prosecutor last year was arrested in El Salvador and will be handed over to Colombian authorities, El Salvador's government said on Wednesday.

Reuters

In El Salvador, girls find power in talking about their periods

The Red Butterflies educational programme is helping girls - and boys - from rural El Salvador demystify menstruation and learn to respect their bodies

Evening Standard

Slew of earthquakes in El Salvador affects over 100 homes

At least 130 homes have been impacted by a burst of seismic activity in El Salvador, leaving over a dozen people in shelters, the Central American country's government said on Monday.

Reuters

Salvadoran environmental defenders detained for decades-old crimes

Activists worry the arrests are a move by the cash-strapped government to open the country to now banned metals mining

The Guardian - US

El Salvador murders plummet by over half in 2022 amid gang crackdown

Murders in El Salvador tumbled 56.8% in 2022 amid a widespread crackdown on gang violence, the government said on Tuesday, extending a sharp drop in killings in a nation which for years had one of the world's worst murder rates.

Reuters

In El Salvador, a tough anti-gang crackdown proves popular

Nine months into a state of emergency declared by President Nayib Bukele to fight street gangs, El Salvador has seen more than 1,000 documented human rights abuses and about 90 deaths of prisoners in custody

The Independent UK

El Salvador conducts anti-drug military operation on Christmas Eve

El Salvador started Christmas Eve with a military operation against drug dealers in a San Salvador community, the government said on Saturday, part of the country's controversial attempt to fight criminal gangs.

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El Salvador to receive $150 million from development bank for education

(This Dec. 21 story has been refiled to fix incorrect company ticker symbol)

The Independent UK

El Salvador congress extends gang crackdown yet again

The congress of El Salvador has voted to extend President Nayib Bukele's emergency powers to crack down on gangs for yet another month

France 24

El Salvador's war on gangs threatens civil liberties

Since March 27, El Salvador has been living under a state of emergency imposed by controversial young leader Nayib Bukele. The move aims to deal a blow to the criminal gangs who have made the small Central American country one of the most dangerous in the world. But this authoritarian…

The Conversation

After 50 years, 'liberation theology' is still reshaping Catholicism and politics – but what is it?

It isn’t often that theology makes headlines. But for the past 50 years, a way of thinking about God and poverty has been doing just that: liberation theology.

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U.S. sanctions officials close to El Salvador's Bukele for alleged corruption

The United States sanctioned several Central American officials it accused of possible corruption in their respective countries on Friday, including two politicians close to El Salvador's President Nayib Bukele.

Reuters

Report on Salvadoran gang crackdown details killings, other abuses

El Salvador's extended crackdown on the country's gangs has led to abuses, including at least 86 detainees deaths while in custody, many showing signs of torture, suggesting "state responsibility," according to an independent report released on Wednesday.

The Guardian - US

Honduras partially suspends constitutional rights to tackle gangs

Plan will flood neighbourhoods subjected to extortion by criminal groups in two largest cities for next 30 days

Wales Online

England v Senegal referee Ivan Barton is a chemistry professor who is younger than some of the players

England are bidding to progress to the World Cup quarter-finals: Ivan Barton is the man in the middle for the last-16 clash with Senegal, with Kathryn Nesbitt and David Moran his assistants

WEKU

El Salvador has sent 10,000 police to seal off a town and search for gang members

The operation is one of the largest mobilizations yet in President Nayib Bukele's crackdown on street gangs.

France 24

El Salvador sends 10,000 troops to capital suburb in gang crackdown

The government of El Salvador sent 10,000 soldiers and police to seal off a town on the outskirts of the nation’s capital Saturday to search for gang members.

The Independent UK

England vs Senegal referee: Who is World Cup 2022 official Ivan Barton?

The 31-year-old from El Salvador is younger than England players Kyle Walker, Jordan Henderson and Kieran Trippier

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