By Sarah Kinosian and Nelson Renteria SAN SALVADOR (Reuters) -A Salvadoran-Canadian writer who was arrested in El Salvador for reading aloud the constitution inside a voting center on Sunday to …
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By Sarah Kinosian and Nelson Renteria SAN SALVADOR (Reuters) – The landslide re-election of El Salvador President Nayib Bukele was cheered by supporters of his gang crackdown, but has worried …
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SAN SALVADOR (Reuters) – A local court in El Salvador has ordered the arrest of former President Alfredo Cristiani for the alleged cover-up of the 1981 El Mozote massacre during …
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SAN SALVADOR (Reuters) – El Salvador has seen “an alarming regression” of human rights protections during President Nayib Bukele’s government, a trend that has intensified under a sweeping anti-gang crackdown, …
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SAN SALVADOR (Reuters) – At least 300 people protested in El Salvador on Saturday against an anti-gang crackdown they said was putting innocent people behind bars, hours before the Central …
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STERLING, Va. – U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers arrested two fleeing Maryland rape suspects at Washington Dulles International Airport late Thursday and early today. CBP officers at Dulles airport …
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By Jorgelina do Rosario and Rodrigo Campos MARRAKECH, Morocco (Reuters) – The International Monetary Fund’s engagement with El Salvador has been “very productive” following a recent visit from a negotiating …
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By Rodrigo Campos and Nelson Renteria NEW YORK/SAN SALVADOR (Reuters) – An agreement between El Salvador and a group of private local banks to reprofile its short-term debt has helped …
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STERLING, Va. – U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers arrested a Prince George’s County, Md., rape suspect at Washington Dulles International Airport on Wednesday after a CBP officer realized the …
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By Nelson Renteria SAN SALVADOR (Reuters) – A court in El Salvador sentenced former President Mauricio Funes and his justice minister to more than a decade behind bars for their …
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EDGEWATER, MD – On Thursday, Wilber Oswaldo Nunez Menendez, a 25-year-old resident of Crownsville, was extradited from El Salvador to Maryland for his alleged involvement in a 2020 double shooting …
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SAN SALVADOR (Reuters) – Police in Mexico City arrested one of the most wanted leaders of the notorious Mara Salvatrucha gang accused of multiple crimes in the United States, officials …
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SAN SALVADOR (Reuters) – A regional human rights body implored El Salvador’s government on Thursday to reverse a year-long suspension of constitutional rights that form part of a sweeping anti-gang …
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SAN SALVADOR (Reuters) – Authorities in El Salvador have opened one of Latin America’s largest prisons, more than doubling the country’s incarceration capacity, as a government crackdown on criminal gangs …
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By Rodrigo Campos NEW YORK (Reuters) – El Salvador cleared a $600 million bond payment hurdle this week but lingering concerns over its financing sources and fiscal policy will be …
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SAN SALVADOR (Reuters) – El Salvador has repaid an $800 million bond, Finance Minister Alejandro Zelaya said on Monday, the same day the bond was set to mature, as the …
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SAN SALVADOR (Reuters) – A Colombian suspect in the murder of a Paraguayan prosecutor last year was arrested in El Salvador and will be handed over to Colombian authorities, El …
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(Reuters) – S&P Global Ratings said on Friday it could cut El Salvador’s already negative credit rating within six to 18 months if it does not make “adequate progress” on …
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MS-13 Gang Member Extradited from El Salvador to Face Racketeering and Murder Charges on Long Island
LONG ISLAND, NY (PRESS RELEASE – DOJ) – José Jonathan Guevara-Castro, also known as “Suspechoso” (Guevara-Castro), an alleged member of the violent transnational criminal organization La Mara Salvatrucha, also known …
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El Salvador Extradites Alleged MS-13 Member To US Nearly Two Years After Arrest Trevor Schakohl on August 11, 2022 An alleged MS-13 member was recently extradited from El Salvador to …
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By Nelson Renteria SAN SALVADOR – In El Salvador, testimony from police officers and conflicting statistics on mass graves are leading critics to question if homicides in the Central American …
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By Nelson Renteria SAN SALVADOR – El Salvador’s president announced on Tuesday a plan for a voluntary repurchase offer to holders of bonds maturing between 2023 and 2025. The operation …
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SAN SALVADOR – Salvadoran Finance Minister Alejandro Zelaya minimized on Thursday the potential positive impact of a long-delayed deal with the International Monetary Fund, even as the highly indebted country …
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MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA – Emerson Corvera, a citizen of El Salvador, has admitted to an illegal reentry charge, United States Attorney William Ihlenfeld announced. Corvera was convicted in June 2016 …
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By Nelson Renteria, Sarah Kinosian and Rodrigo Campos SAN SALVADOR/NEW YORK – El Salvador’s big bet on bitcoin, which the Central American nation has been buying since September, has soured …