How to Solve El Salvador’s Security Crisis? A Modest Proposal
(Q24N) El Salvador is the most violent peacetime nation in the world, seemingly stuck...
El Salvador: Confession Reveals Drug Kingpin’s Fruit Vendor Origins
El Salvador authorities disclosed new details about the rise of a drug boss accused...
Will Bukele lift violent El Salvador out of its slump?
Colombia did it twenty-five years ago. At that time, one of the world’s most...
Salvadorians Demand Trial Against Former President Flores
CENTRAL AMERICA - Salvadorian social organizations are demanding that former President Francisco Flores (1999-2004)...
El Salvador: 76 Femicides so Far in 2019
El Salvador’s National Civil Police (PNC) reported 76 femicides throughout the country, a 31%...
Who’s Afraid of Coronavirus? (¿Quién teme al coronavirus?)
We are living in a period of time that seems to be taken out...
In World’s Most Violent Country, 30 New Firearms Registered Daily
(Q24N) Between 2010 and 2015, Salvadorans were registering firearms at a rate of 11,000...
El Salvador prohibits entry of passengers from Italy and South Korea
The President of El Salvador, Nayib Bukele, announced Tuesday the ban of passengers from...
El Salvador accuses Mexico of sending it 12 coronavirus patients
El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele on Monday accused Mexico of allowing a dozen confirmed...
Central America Officials Raise Alert Over Cross-border Gang Movements
(Q24N) El Salvador officials have warned of gang members fleeing into neighboring countries to...
El Salvador Gangs Call on New Government to Revive Truce
El Salvador's principal gangs -- among them the Mara Salvatrucha and Barrio 18 --...
El Salvador President Concerned About Neglect of the Daniel Ortega Government of Coronavirus
The President of El Salvador Nayib Bukele expressed his concern about the negligence and...
Life Inside The Prison That Guards Are Too Afraid To Enter Is Truly Terrifying
The Mara Salvatrucha, or MS-13, is arguably the most notorious street gang in the...
El Salvador Ex-President Leaves Country Amid Corruption Probe
Former President Mauricio Funes has reportedly left El Salvador on business as authorities raid...
Northern Triangle: A Never-Ending Crisis?
(Q24N) For years, the set of countries known as the Northern Triangle –Guatemala, El...
El Salvador new president pledges to cure the “sick child” after years of violence
El Salvador's new President Nayib Bukele took office on Saturday pledging to cure the...
El Salvador to launch commission to investigate corruption
(Reuters) - Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele is planning by early September to fulfill a...
El Salvador: Authorities seek to eradicate drug use in schools
SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador – Preventing drug use at an early age is the...
Half the Illegal Weapons in El Salvador Come from US: Official
CENTRAL AMERICA NEWS - According to a US official, around half of the illegal...
Amid Elite Crime Scandals, Central America Continues Anti-Gang Focus
QCostarica via InsightCrime - Authorities in Central America have arrested hundreds of suspected gang...
Research Sheds Light on Obstacles to Leaving El Salvador Gangs
Q24N (Insightcrime.org) A recent study of El Salvador's gang phenomenon has shown that, while...
Farmers Generate Their Own Electricity in El Salvador
Joya de Talchiga, EL SALVADOR (IPS) - In Lilian Gómez’s house, nestled in the...
El Salvador Youths Choose Fighting Fires Over Gang Life: Report
(Q24N) A Wall Street Journal report documents how youths in El Salvador are choosing...
Honduran Asylum Seeker Dies in Clash with Mexican Police
Henry Diaz, 26, died Sunday after receiving a rubber bullet in the head during...
Salvadorans Celebrate FMLN Victory in Elections
El Salvador - Salvadoran took the streets today to celebrate the victory of the...
El Salvador: Gang violence increases
A month after the end of their two-year truce, gangs have reorganized themselves in...
Surge in US immigration comes from Northern Triangle
The number of immigrants in the United States from El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras...
El Salvador To Send Migrants To Work In Australia
The Government of El Salvador asked Australia for "temporary visas" for rural farmers to...
Government and Gangs Claim Credit for Sharp Drop in El Salvador Murders
Q24N - El Salvador's government has claimed credit for a dramatic drop in homicides...
US Govt Financed El Salvador Police Units Accused of Illegal Execution – Reports
The United States government has provided millions of dollars as well as weapons to...
Troops storm El Salvador’s parliament
Armed soldiers and police officers accompanied El Salvador's President Nayib Bukele as he stormed...
In El Salvador Gangs, Not Government ‘Rule’ the Country, Citizens Say
(Insightcrime.org) Respondents to a recent survey in El Salvador were far more likely to...
