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Dem senators propose bill to punish El Salvador for ‘collusion’ with Trump
Senate Democrats introduced legislation Thursday to hold the Salvadoran government “accountable" for its alleged “collusion ...
Peru is considering sending foreign prisoners to El Salvador
Peru is weighing sending what it considers highly dangerous foreign inmates to prisons in El Salvador, the prime minister ...
Ask Jordan: Who authorized the El Salvador prison contract?
Deadline: White House” legal analyst Jordan Rubin answers your questions about the Supreme Court, Trump administration ...
With Trump as ally, El Salvador’s President ramps up crackdown on dissent
El Salvador's President Nayib Bukele is intensifying his crackdown on dissent, a move observers suggest has been emboldened ...
ICE arrests El Salvador fugitive in Marco Island, with help of local law enforcement
ICE said the El Salvador criminal warrant against Cristian Alberto Rivas-Escalante is for "illicit associations with the 18th ...
How the flags of Mexico, El Salvador and Guatemala symbolize defiance against Trump’s L.A. raids
These are the people flying flags from Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador, South Korea and other places during the Los Angeles ...
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EL SALVADOR: New Foreign Agents Law Threatens Rights and Freedoms of Civil Society Organizations and the Media
In the context of serious human rights setbacks, the weakening of the rule of law, and the dismantling of institutional ...
Trump-appointed judges save Trump admin from due process deadline in El Salvador case
An appellate panel of Trump appointees saved his administration from coming up with a due process plan — at least for now.
‘It Breaks My Heart’: Mother says Longview barber deported to El Salvador’s CECOT falsely charged
Instead of being sent back to Venezuela as expected, Francisco was among more than 200 Venezuelan nationals deported to CECOT, El Salvador’s high-security prison known for housing alleged gang members ...
U.S. has high hopes for high-level talks in Mexico, El Salvador, Guatemala
U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Christopher Landau will travel this week to Mexico, El Salvador and Guatemala in an effort to ...
LA restaurant owner from El Salvador helps police officers who were pepper-sprayed during ICE protests
A restaurant owner, who is an immigrant from El Salvador, stepped up to help both demonstrators and police officers who were ...
Families, human rights lawyer visit El Salvador, seek to visit imprisoned Venezuelans
As a kid in rural Venezuela, Widmer Agelviz Sanguino would be awakened in the middle of the night by the screeches of nearby ...