The ‘Judicial Black Hole’ of El Salvador’s Prisons Is a Warning for Americans. President Nayib Bukele used a crackdown against criminals as cover to erode institutions and destroy civil rights.

On March 27, 2022, on the heels of a weekend marked by dozens of gang-related murders, El Salvador's President Nayib Bukele and his legislature plunged the country into a régimen de excepción ...

EL SUNZAL, El Salvador — The scene outside Laola Surf Camp was Instagram-perfect. A towering palm tree leaned over the black-sand beach. Surfers paddled out to catch breaking waves.

Donald Trump and Salvadorian President Nayib Bukele discussed the U.S. deporting people to El Salvador's prisons in the Oval Office on Monday.

Federal law prohibits his removal to El Salvador. The Trump administration targeted him anyway, pulling him over while he was driving with his son, who is 5 years old and intellectually disabled.

The man, Salvadoran Kilmar Abrego Garcia, is one of nearly 300 migrants -- mostly Venezuelans-- the Donald Trump administration has sent to El Salvador since January without any kind of court hearing.

Esperanza Martinez lost three relatives who were murdered and saw numerous bodies left in the streets of her neighborhood, a ...

On March 27, 2022, on the heels of a weekend marked by dozens of gang-related murders, El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele and his legislature plunged the country into a régimen de excepción — a ...

Rights groups are increasingly worried that El Salvador's notorious CECOT prison is becoming a "black hole" for the United States to rid itself of expelled migrants or other unwanted people ...

El Salvador is receiving $6 million to house the migrants, and Bukele left Monday's meeting with an agreement for his country to join the US Global Entry program, which allows expedited visa entry.

On March 27, 2022, on the heels of a weekend marked by dozens of gang-related murders, El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele and his legislature plunged the country into a régimen de excepción — a ...