In March 2022, El Salvador instituted emergency powers to combat the country’s powerful street gangs. At least 153 incarcerated people, who were never convicted of their alleged crimes, have died in ...

SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador — El Salvador’s state of emergency to combat gangs, which has widespread public support despite a growing prison population and allegations of human rights abuses, will be ...

The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights is calling on El Salvador to protect the rights of three Salvadoran men ...

SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) — El Salvador’s government sent 2,000 more suspects to a huge new prison built especially for gang members Wednesday, and the the justice minister vowed that “they will ...

SAN SALVADOR — Eviction, for downtown street vendors here, was no surprise. It was a sentence they’d been waiting for. Maritza Trejo first heard the rumors three years ago. As a safeguard, she managed ...

LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- About 30 street vendors who were evicted from an El Salvador Corridor parking lot asked the Los Angeles City Council on Wednesday for help returning to their longtime home. Some ...

Margarita Ramirez* knew who it was when she heard the loud thuds on her front door. She opened it a crack and saw several members of the Barrio 18 street gang which ruled her neighbourhood. “Where’s ...

SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador — A strong earthquake drove frightened residents of El Salvador’s capital into the streets Thursday morning, but there was no immediate report of damage or deaths. The U.S.

SAN SALVADOR (Reuters) - El Salvador's state of emergency to combat gangs, which has widespread public support despite a growing prison population and allegations of human rights abuses, will be ...