Inmates are frequently subjected to punishments including food deprivation and electric shocks. Indeed, a U.S. State Department’s 2023 country report on El Salvador noted the “harsh and ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. President Donald Trump’s administration transferred hundreds of immigrants to El Salvador under an 18th ...

They began to file lawsuits to halt the transfers. More than 250 suspected gang members arrive in El Salvador by plane on March 16, 2025. El Salvador's President Nayib Bukele confirmed they will be ...

SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) — The crown jewel of El Salvador’s aggressive anti-crime strategy — a mega-prison where visitation, recreation and education are not allowed — became the ...

In an unprecedented move, more than 250 Venezuelans have been deported by the United States and sent to El Salvador, where they were transferred to a maximum security prison, Salvadoran President ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, left, meets with President Nayib Bukele at his residence at Lake ...

SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AFP) — The United States has sent over 200 alleged members of a Venezuelan gang to be imprisoned in El Salvador, President Nayib Bukele said Sunday, after US ...

More than 200 alleged members of a Venezuelan gang have been deported by the U.S. and sent to El Salvador where they were taken to a high-security prison, the Salvadoran president said.

U.S. Southern Command, which is responsible for military operations at the base, has started making plans to draw down from the roughly 1,000 military personnel deployed there in the coming weeks ...

Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window) Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window) Click to share on WhatsApp (Opens in new window) Rival gang leaders in El Salvador shake hands In the ...

Archaeologists have discovered a mysterious set of 2,400-year-old puppets with ‘dramatic facial expressions’ atop a pyramid in El Salvador. The five ceramic figures dated to about 400 BC bear ...

SAN SALVADOR, March 5 (Reuters) - El Salvador announced on Wednesday the purchase of a bitcoin, which takes the total in the country's strategic reserve to above 6,102 coins, the National Bitcoin ...