America El Salvador Fr. Estefan Turcios, the head of El Salvador's pontifical mission societies who pastored working-class parishioners in Soyapango for 34 years, has perished with Covid-19 and the local population gathered to tribute him in a memorial Mass
America El Salvador At least 40 journalists have fled El Salvador in the past month amid fears of arrest, as President Bukele’s intensified crackdown on dissent has targeted reporters exposing alleged government-gang ties
America El Salvador Authorities in El Salvador have arrested another critic of President Bukele, intensifying a crackdown on dissent that has already targeted prominent legal and anti-corruption figures
America El Salvador Prominent human rights lawyer Ruth López has been detained in El Salvador on charges of embezzlement, amid growing tensions between the government and human rights organizations critical of its policies
America El Salvador Venezuelan migrants deported under a US deal have been imprisoned in El Salvador; families filed a complaint with the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights demanding their release from the high-security prison where they’re held without due trial