El Salvador moves suspected gang members to 40,000-capacity ‘megaprison’
Around 2,000 inmates transferred on Friday as part of president’s crime crackdown El Salvador’s government has moved thousands of suspected gang members to a newly...
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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 Five prominent environmental defenders who...
Hurricane Julia: Nicaragua braces amid flash flood and mudslide warnings
Nicaraguan soldiers assist evacuations as up to 38cm of rain forecast across Central America after tropical storm strengthened into hurricane Hurricane Julia swept by just...
El Salvador: woman sentenced to 30 years in prison for homicide after miscarriage
Activists say case offers a stark warning to women in the US, where the supreme court is considering overturning Roe v Wade A court in...
Erosion of abortion rights gathers pace around the world as US signals new era
A leaked supreme court draft ruling shows the US is set to end 50 years of a woman’s right to choose. Elsewhere, the battle still...
El Salvador press cries censorship as anti-gang law targets media
El Salvador’s congress has authorised sentences of 10-15 years for media spreading gangs’ messages El Salvador’s congress has authorised prison sentences of 10 to 15...
El Salvador locks down prisons after wave of 87 killings over weekend
Government declares state of emergency after arresting more than 600 gang suspects and ordering food restrictions The government of El Salvador said it had arrested...
El Salvador court orders arrest of former president over 1989 priest massacre
Alfredo Cristiani, who left the country in 2021, is accused of knowing of military plans to massacre six Jesuit priests A court in El Salvador...
