Human Rights
Salvadoran women freed from jail after being sentenced for suspected abortion
Abortions under any circumstance are banned in El Salvador. Ending a pregnancy or being suspected of it comes with a sentence of up to eight years in jail.
Immigration
ICE deports Salvadoran gang member linked to three murders for the third time
Noe David Alvarez Escamilla, 24, is an 18th Street gang member Alvarez who is wanted in El Salvador in connection to three homicides and illegal association
Immigration
Mexico to give out work visas to Central American migrants
The program will give Central American workers from Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, and Nicaragua the opportunity to temporarily work on public infrastructure projects
Politics
Biden official warns that Salvadoran President Bukele resembles Hugo Chavez
"Many of Bukele's actions, I believe, are taking this country (El Salvador) in a much more authoritarian direction than the one we saw at the beginning of Hugo Chavez's years"
Politics
U.S. adds Former Honduran leader to list of corrupt officials
The blacklist includes officials from Guatemala, El Salvador, and Honduras who are suspected of corruption or undermining democracy
Politics
Democratic congresswoman cries "foreign election interference" over tweets from Salvadoran president
Rep. Norma Torres is accusing El Salvador President Nayib Bukele for “foreign election interference” in her race, but the Salvadoran government says she did the same thing in 2021
Law Enforcement
Bodies of two of the six Latino workers who died in the collapse of the Baltimore bridge recovered
The six workers who fell into the river had not been identified, but the embassies of Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador, and Honduras reported that some of them are nationals from those countries.
Crime
ICE launches operation in Guatemala to take down human smugglers, rescue migrants
The operation so far helped rescue 70 undocumented migrants from Ecuador, Nicaragua, El Salvador, and Venezuela that were being kept in several hotels around Guatemala City
Human Rights
Catholic Church puts 4 Salvadoran martyrs on path to sainthood
During the 12-year civil war in El Salvador, over 20 priests, four nuns and hundreds of catechists were killed. The Roman Catholic Last weekend, the Church beatified two priests and two lay people who were victims of death squads.
Immigration
Mexican authorities find 175 migrants crowded inside trailer
Most of the migrants were traveling from Guatemala, while a few others were from El Salvador, Honduras, and Ecuador. One migrant was originally from the Dominican Republic and another from Pakistan