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EXCLUSIVE: Trump fans say brothers' El Salvador deportation 'not right'
When Jose and Josue Trejo Lopez landed in El Salvador after their deportation flight in May, they had no idea who would meet them or where they would live. The brothers, 20 and 19, respectively, said they know no one in the country they left as...

Siemens Launches First Xcelerator Summit in El Salvador, Highlighting Digital Growth.
El Salvador hosted the Siemens Xcelerator Summit for the first time, reinforcing its efforts to attract investment and boost economic growth through technology. The event gathered officials, business leaders, and tech experts to explore digital...

El Salvador officials say deported migrants in notorious jail are Trump’s problem, not theirs
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Downey Arts Coalition artist deported to El Salvador
Patricia Bonilla, a Long Beach visual artist who routinely exhibits with the Downey Arts Coalition, has been deported to El Salvador despite being a permanent resident and having a green card. According to the Los Angeles based art curator Dulche...

Riding the Wave: Why UK Tourism Investors Should Look to El Salvador’s Coastal Property
A confluence of drastically improved security, strategic government initiatives, and an increasingly vibrant cultural scene is drawing significant attention from international investors, especially from the UK and Europe. The country’s...

El Salvador Anti-Corruption Lawyer Ruth López Transferred to Harsh Prison
The humanitarian organization Cristosal denounced on Saturday that Salvadoran lawyer Ruth López, head of its anti-corruption unit and considered a “prisoner of conscience” by Amnesty International, was arbitrarily transferred to a harsher prison...

El Salvador Showcases the World’s Most Advanced Prison Reintegration Model.
El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele has described the country’s prison system as “the best in the world,” following the release of a video showcasing the work of 48,000 inmates, not affiliated with gangs, who participate in the government’s...

Costa del Sol Park Renovated as El Salvador Aims for Top-Tier Public Tourism Spaces.
The president of El Salvador’s Tourism Institute (ISTU), Eny Aguiñada, announced a $7 million investment in the renovation of the Costa del Sol recreational park, a move aimed at strengthening national tourism and providing high-quality spaces for...

Schwab: Yes, your Medicaid’s gone but you can gloat over gators
By Sid Schwab / Herald Columnist Fantasy: If every voter knew and understood everything that was in Trump’s Big Bad Bogus Belligerent Belied Bereft Baleful Budget Bill, 70 percent of them would vote out of office every Republican who voted for it....

A week of innocent Venezuelans being trafficked to El Salvador, the first US attack on Iran, and the Supreme Court protecting Trump
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El Salvador Releases Video from Kilmar Abrego Garcia Prison Cell amid Silence from Senator Van Hollen
President Nayib Bukele of El Salvador on Thursday released video footage purportedly showing the cell where Kilmar Abrego Garcia was detained at the Centro de Confinamiento del Terrorismo (CECOT) prison complex, which the foreign leader says...

Salvadoran Officials Say for First Time US Has Authority Over 130 Detainees at Notorious Prison
A Monday court filing by attorneys for migrants being held in El Salvador's notorious maximum-security prison contained what one expert called a "huge" admission by Salvadoran officials that casts new doubt on the Trump administration's claims...

He's the WORST: Chris Murphy Hits New Low With False, Fearmongering Screed About Hospitals Closing
In the never-ending race to the bottom from Democrats in Washington, Chris Murphy is almost always in the lead group. Perhaps his most reprehensible sin in recent years has been repeatedly claiming that illegal immigrant crime was just a...

El Salvador’s Bukele denies Abrego Garcia mistreatment in prison
Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele denied Kilmar Ábrego García’s allegations that he was beaten and tortured after being mistakenly deported to an El Salvador prison.In March, Ábrego García was wrongly deported to the Centro de Confinamiento del...

Officials denounce immigration guards camped at a Glendale hospital monitoring detainee
For a week, two guards linked to the the Department of Homeland Security have camped out in the lobby of a Glendale hospital to monitor the movements of a woman patient admitted after she was arrested by federal agents — a constant watch that has...

El Salvador court sentences 3 ex-military officers over killings of Dutch journalists
SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador -- Three former El Salvador military officers were given lengthy prison sentences late Thursday over the 1982 killings of four Dutch journalists during the country’s civil war. It means former Defense Minister Gen. José...

El Salvador court sentences 3 ex-military officers over killings of Dutch journalists in 1982
SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) — Three former El Salvador military officers were given lengthy prison sentences late Thursday over the 1982 killings of four Dutch journalists during the country’s civil war. It means former Defense Minister Gen....

El Salvador president disputes alleged MS-13 member Kilmar Abrego García’s prison torture claims with shocking video: ‘Why does he look so well?’
El Salvador President Nayib Bukele has refuted claims made by US deportee and alleged MS-13 member Kilmar Abrego Garcia, who said he was beaten and psychologically tortured while imprisoned in the Central American country. Bukele denied Abrego...

El Salvador president denies that Abrego Garcia was tortured in prison
By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) -El Salvador President Nayib Bukele on Thursday denied accusations that Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the migrant returned to the U.S. in early June after being wrongfully deported to his native El Salvador, was...

El Salvador’s president disputes claims Abrego Garcia was tortured in notorious prison
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