Colombia's Petro calls El Salvador prisons 'concentration camps'

Colombian President Gustavo Petro said on social media that prisons in El Salvador operate as "concentration camps for the civilian population."

In El Salvador's mass trials, 'the innocent pay for the guilty'

Wearing white uniforms, their heads shaved, rows of bewildered-looking men are beamed by video link from prisons across El Salvador into a courtroom conducting a mass trial of alleged gang

DHS preps deportation of alleged MS-13 gang member wanted for pastor's murder in El Salvador

An alleged MS-13 gang member from El Salvador who is accused of murdered a pastor and was released into the U.S. in 2016 is now in ICE custody, DHS says.

U.N. urges El Salvador to review life sentences for minors

The U,N. Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights urged El Salvador to reconsider changes allowing life sentences for minors as young as 12.

Venezuelan sent to El Salvador prison sues US for $1.3 mn

A Venezuelan man deported by the United States last year to a notorious prison in El Salvador filed a lawsuit in federal court on Tuesday seeking $1.3 million in damages.The United States sent the
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Sen. Van Hollen Says Trump Administration Made $15 Million Deal With El Salvador To Imprison Deportees Including Abrego Garcia

Pequeño is a breaking news reporter who covers tech and more. Van Hollen, who took a high-profile trip to El Salvador Thursday to see Abrego Garcia in person, said the Trump administration has paid El Salvador $4 million of the $15 million as of Friday ...
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Cleveland Judge Boots Cincinnati Immigrant Over El Salvador Murder Allegations

A Cleveland immigration judge on Monday ordered the deportation of Salvador Hernandez-Solorzano, a 33-year-old man from El Salvador who had been held in immigration custody for more than a year. The judge said there are "serious reasons to believe" he committed a crime in his home country and rejected Hernandez-Solorzano's account that he had already been cleared of homicide charges there.

Inside El Salvador’s mega-prison after Trump deal to send people there

The Trump administration and the president of El Salvador said they struck a deal allowing the U.S. to ship detained migrants and imprisoned criminals to a mega-prison there.

Philadelphia’s 40‑year history of protecting undocumented immigrants began with churches hiding refugees from El Salvador

A historian explores how religious congregations, activists and city officials have supported undocumented immigrants in Philadelphia over the past 40 years.