Courts in El Salvador have imposed sentences totaling centuries on members of the Mara Salvatrucha gang, or MS-13 as part of ...

Attorney general’s office also says 10 people received prison terms from 463 to 958 years amid crackdown on gangs under state of emergency ...

Human Rights Watch submits this report in advance of the 103rd pre-session of the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child and its review of El Salvador. The submission focuses on violations of ...

SAN SALVADOR — El Salvador announced on Sunday prison sentences for hundreds of convicted gang members, with some of them ...

Earlier this year, the U.S. designated MS-13, which was formed in Los Angeles in the 1980s by Salvadoran immigrants, a ...

El Salvador lawmakers’ July 31 approval of a constitutional amendment ending presidential term limits was the latest action in a years-long process to dismantle the rule of law. The international ...

Earlier this month, the State Department released its annual Country Reports on Human Rights Practices, which provide nation-by-nation human rights analysis about the previous year. Such reports often ...

With the story of an extraordinary offer from the U.S. secretary of state to the president of El Salvador. Now, here's the backdrop - earlier this year, the Trump administration sent millions of ...

El Salvador's mega-prison known as CECOT is at the centre of President Nayib Bukele's crackdown on crime, U.S. President ...

The US State Department has voiced rare support for El Salvador’s decision to abolish presidential term limits, paving the way for President Nayib Bukele to seek indefinite reelection. Critics argue ...