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People who were injured, arrested, or deported by the former US Secretary of Homeland Security are celebrating her departure

At least five prisoners remain cut off from all contact in Salvadoran jails, a year after the US president ordered their unprecedented expulsion as alleged gang members

The politician from the Central American country defends the president’s ‘strong leadership’ model and, despite criticism from the international media, asserts that ‘everywhere, they want a Bukele’ 

A report by Humanitarian Legal Relief documents that 31.8% of the deceased died violently, while a similar number lost their lives due to lack of medical attention

Separated couples, deported children, detained parents... The consequences of the Donald Trump administration’s anti-immigrant crackdown will mark the holiday season for thousands of families across the country

Bari Weiss, the new anti-woke head of CBS News, removed a ‘60 Minutes’ segment at the last minute after the White House declined to comment

Brayan Palencia was one of more than 200 migrants sent by the United States to Nayib Bukele’s mega-prison CECOT for alleged links to criminal gangs

The attorney fears the political use of justice and the erosion of rights in the country, while personally facing a motion that could affect his career

Family members of three Salvadorans who were sent from the United States on the same flights as hundreds of Venezuelans, accused without evidence of being gang members, have gone six months without any information about them

In an interview with EL PAÍS, the politician describes the state of political resistance, denounces harassment, and shares her fears about living in a country without judicial guarantees

New legislative reforms join other tough measures against any suspected gang member approved during over three years of the emergency regime in El Salvador

The US government has revived the idea of deporting the Salvadoran back to his country, where he previously suffered torture

The lawyers of the detainee — who became a symbol of Trump’s deportation policy after being mistakenly deported to his country last March — fear he could be sent to Uganda or Costa Rica

The Venezuelan stylist, one of the 252 men deported by the United States to a third nation for the first time, is trying to rebuild his life after four months of detention

The constitutional reform that allows for indefinite re-election in El Salvador is just the president’s most recent move to cling to office

The artist recounts the beatings he endured, some for daring to sing, during the four months he was imprisoned in El Salvador’s Cecot

Migrants deported from the US to El Salvador and now returned to Venezuela tell EL PAÍS about four months of continuous punishment and total uncertainty about their fate

Lawyers for Daniel Lozano-Camargo, identified as ‘Cristian’ in court documents, claim the youth was used as a ‘pawn’ in the exchange between the three countries

In response to UN inquiries, Salvadoran authorities denied past US claims and stated that they have only facilitated the use of their infrastructure

The UN warns that Bukele may be responsible for enforced disappearances of Venezuelans imprisoned in El Salvador. And in Costa Rica, the Supreme Court has ordered the release of individuals deported by the US

The Salvadoran national Jordin Melgar-Salmerón was sent to his home country in May despite a court ban

The delegation has gone to various judicial and government agencies without receiving a response, and plans to ask the Pope for help

The latest poll gives the Salvadoran president an 85% approval rating, and only 1.4% of respondents believe that the concentration of power in a single figure is a problem for the country

Immigration judges have closed asylum cases of a dozen sent to CECOT, diminishing their chances of returning to the US

A report contradicts the government’s claim that it has only expelled undocumented immigrants

The president’s approval ratings remain high as he nears six years in power, but both his image and leadership have evolved significantly