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MARCOS ALEMÁN

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Environment|World

El Salvador's president seeks help in caring for country's thousands of stray dogs and cats

President Nayib Bukele of El Salvador has shifted focus from tackling gangs to addressing the country's stray cat and dog problem

Americas|Crime|World

Relatives of Salvadoran family slain in Georgia crash left reeling from tragedy

The relatives of eight Salvadorans who died in a fiery crash of a semitrailer and a van in Georgia struggled to wrap their minds around the tragedy on Wednesday as they hoped that the bodies of their lost loved ones would soon be repatriated to the Central American nation

Relatives of Salvadoran family slain in Georgia crash left reeling from tragedy
Crime|Education|World

El Salvador is enforcing strict student dress codes to bring discipline back to schools

Principals in El Salvador have started greeting students at school gates to inspect haircuts and uniforms

El Salvador is enforcing strict student dress codes to bring discipline back to schools
Americas|Crime|Political|World

El Salvador opens path for its president to stay in power indefinitely. Why critics aren't surprised

El Salvador's Legislative Assembly has passed a constitutional reform eliminating presidential term limits

Americas|Election|Finance|Political|World

El Salvador approves indefinite presidential reelection and extends terms to 6 years

The party of El Salvador President Nayib Bukele has approved constitutional changes to allow indefinite presidential reelection and extend terms to six years

El Salvador approves indefinite presidential reelection and extends terms to 6 years
Crime|Political|World

El Salvador judge orders prominent critic of President Bukele to remain in jail before trial

A judge in El Salvador has ordered attorney Enrique Anaya — a well-known critic of President Nayib Bukele — to remain in jail as his prosecution on charges of money laundering proceeds

Americas|Crime|Political|World

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 by his alliance with U.S. President Donald Trump

With Trump as ally, El Salvador's President ramps up crackdown on dissent
Americas|Crime|Political|World

Judge orders El Salvador human rights lawyer jailed for 6 months pending trial

A judge in El Salvador has ordered a lawyer from a prominent human rights organization who has been an outspoken critic of some of President Nayib Bukele’s policies to be jailed for six months on illegal enrichment charges

Crime|Europe|World

Salvadoran court convicts 3 former army officers in the 1982 killing of 4 Dutch journalists

Three former Salvadoran officers have been convicted for the 1982 killings of four Dutch journalists during the Central American nation’s civil war

Salvadoran court convicts 3 former army officers in the 1982 killing of 4 Dutch journalists
Business|Crime|Political|World

El Salvador president orders arrest of of bus company heads for defying free transport order

El Salvador President Nayib Bukele has ordered police via social media to arrest five heads of bus companies in the Central American country after they defied his order to offer free transport for a week due to a highway closure

Americas|Business|Crime|Political|US

El Salvador President Bukele says he won't be releasing a Maryland man back to the US

President Donald Trump’s top advisers and El Salvador president Nayib Bukele say that they have no basis for the small Central American nation to return a Maryland man who was wrongly deported there last month

El Salvador President Bukele says he won't be releasing a Maryland man back to the US
Americas|Crime|Political|World

Costa Rica looks to El Salvador's gang crackdown for path to stopping violence

Costa Rica’s security minister has begun a visit to El Salvador to study the measures it has taken to reduce violence caused by its powerful street gangs

Costa Rica looks to El Salvador's gang crackdown for path to stopping violence
Americas|Crime|Political|US

Venezuelan migrants deported by the US ended up in a Salvadoran prison. This is their legal status

The U.S. government used an 18th-century wartime law to deport nearly 300 Venezuelan immigrants to El Salvador, where they were immediately transferred to the country’s maximum-security gang prison

Venezuelan migrants deported by the US ended up in a Salvadoran prison. This is their legal status
Americas|Crime|Political|US|World

Venezuela-hired lawyers file petition in El Salvador aimed at freeing Venezuelans deported by US

Lawyers hired by the Venezuelan government have filed a legal action in El Salvador aimed at freeing 238 Venezuelans deported by the United States

Venezuela-hired lawyers file petition in El Salvador aimed at freeing Venezuelans deported by US
Americas|Crime|Political|US|World

What to know about El Salvador's mega-prison after Trump sent hundreds of immigrants there

The crown jewel of El Salvador’s aggressive anti-crime strategy is a mega-prison where visitation, recreation and education are not allowed

What to know about El Salvador's mega-prison after Trump sent hundreds of immigrants there
Americas|Crime|Political|US|World

El Salvador’s offer to take in US deportees and violent criminals is unlike any other migrant deal

El Salvador has offered to take in people deported from the U.S. for entering the country illegally as well as the country’s violent criminals — even if they’re American citizens

El Salvador’s offer to take in US deportees and violent criminals is unlike any other migrant deal
Americas|Crime|Political|US|World

What to know about El Salvador's mega-prison after Trump deal to send people there

The Trump administration and the president of El Salvador said they struck a deal allowing the U.S. to ship detained migrants and imprisoned criminals to a mega-prison there

What to know about El Salvador's mega-prison after Trump deal to send people there
Americas|Crime|Political

Former El Salvador President Mauricio Funes dies in exile in Nicaragua at age 65

Former El Salvador President Mauricio Funes, who spent the final years of his life in Nicaragua to avoid various criminal sentences, died late Tuesday

Former El Salvador President Mauricio Funes dies in exile in Nicaragua at age 65
Americas|News|World

El Salvador death toll rises to 19 as heavy rains continue

The death toll from torrential rains and landslides in El Salvador has risen to 19

El Salvador death toll rises to 19 as heavy rains continue
Americas|Crime|News|World

El Salvador's police director and a fugitive banker are among 9 dead in a helicopter crash

El Salvador’s military says the national police director, other high-ranking police officials and a fugitive banker were among nine people killed in a military helicopter crash in a rural part of the country

Americas|Crime|World

Thousands of soldiers fence off a Salvadoran neighborhood in pursuit of gang remnants

More than 2,000 soldiers and 500 police officers surrounded a dense neighborhood on the outskirts of El Salvador’s capital in an effort to quash the remnants of gangs the president said were trying to set up shop in the area

Thousands of soldiers fence off a Salvadoran neighborhood in pursuit of gang remnants

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