The Latest Breaking News from El Salvador

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.

WEKU · Dec 4, 2022

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.

France 24 · Dec 4, 2022

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

The Independent UK · Dec 4, 2022

Volcano begins to erupt in eastern El Salvador

Authorities in El Salvador are warning residents near the Chaparrastique volcano in the eastern part of the country to be alert as it begins to erupt

The Independent UK · Nov 29, 2022

Cerron Grande, El Salvador's largest lake, is swamped by trash thanks to neglect

Known locally as Suchitlan — meaning "place of flowers" — the Cerron Grande is one of Central America's most-polluted bodies of water, with the government unable to control waste flooding the river.

ABC News · Nov 26, 2022

No place for flowers: El Salvador's biggest lake swamped by trash

A horse wades through a sea of plastic bottles, tin cans and green sludge that fills El Salvador's largest freshwater lake, stark images showing how a key drinking water source goes neglected even as global environmental concerns are on the rise.

Reuters · Nov 24, 2022

El Salvador announces new anti-gang measures

The president of El Salvador has announced he will seal off sections of cities to search for street gang members, the latest phase in a tough nine-month-old anti-crime crackdown

The Independent UK · Nov 24, 2022

El Salvador's Bukele scales up anti-gang push with new deployments

Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele promised on Wednesday to tighten security around major cities, the latest escalation of an eight-month-old war against gang violence which human rights groups say is marred by unjustified detentions.

Reuters · Nov 24, 2022

Nayib Bukele, El Salvador's autocratic president, takes on criminal gangs

In El Salvador, a state of emergency declared in March over widespread gang violence is still in place. The country's president, Nayib Bukele, has declared total war on ultra-violent criminal gangs, suspending constitutional rights in the process. Almost 60,000 people have been arrested since March, some as a result of…

France 24 · Nov 18, 2022

South of Scotland named as one of Lonely Planet's Best in Travel destinations for 2023

Its one of only two UK destinations to make the list, which also features New Mexico and El Salvador

Daily Record · Nov 18, 2022