First, Yessica Mercedes lost a brother who was beaten to death by gang members. Then, another brother was jailed in the government's "war" against gangsters.

"Police and military forces came to the poor neighbourhoods, assuming that everyone were gang members." For over two years now, El Salvador has remained in a state of emergency with no end in ...

El Salvador’s military says the national police director, other high-ranking police officials and a fugitive banker were ...

Elon Musk recently lauded El Salvador's President Nayib Bukele as an amazing leader during an exchange on X. Bukele, who ...

Civil war and gang violence left a Central American neighbourhood scarred. Painting huge murals on housing blocks heralds a ...

Hundreds of protesters marched in El Salvador on Sunday demanding the release of detainees they consider "innocent victims" of President Nayib Bukele's crackdown on gangs.

The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights urged El Salvador Wednesday to end the more than two-year state of emergency, ...

Mauricio Arriaza Chicas led the nation’s police force during a crackdown on gang violence. The president expressed doubt that ...

Bukele’s crackdown on gangs has led to a drastic drop in homicides and is ... “What we are seeking is a conviction against the State of El Salvador for crimes against humanity and the torture of” ...

Before the crash, Manuel Coto was arrested while "driving with a human trafficker to the United States," officials said.

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 ...