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Trump Administration Trading MS-13 Prosecutions for Mass Deportations

Is the Trump Administration Trading MS-13 Prosecutions for Mass Deportations?


The recent deportation of a high-ranking MS-13 leader as part of a broader mass removal of Venezuelan nationals is raising questions about whether the Trump administration is compromising its long-standing efforts to dismantle transnational gangs in favor of rapid deportation policies. César Humberto López Larios, known as “Greñas,” a veteran leader of … Read more

Maduro Urges Bukele to Return Venezuelans

Maduro Urges Bukele to Return Venezuelans Deported by U.S. and Held in El Salvador


CARACAS, Venezuela — Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro on Wednesday publicly urged Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele to release and repatriate 238 Venezuelan migrants deported by the United States and currently detained in El Salvador—escalating diplomatic tensions between the three nations. Maduro … Read more

El Salvador Central Reserve Bank (BCR)

Transfer365 Saves Salvadorans Over $153 Million in Interbank Fees: Central Bank (BCR) Reports

 

SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador — Salvadorans have saved more than $153 million in interbank fees thanks to Transfer365, the country’s digital payments system, according to El Salvador’s Central Reserve Bank (BCR). Transfer365 is El Salvador’s national real-time payment system, designed … Read more

Minister of Labor Rolando Castro

Spain Joins El Salvador’s Labor Migration Program, Opening New Legal Work Opportunities

 

SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador — Spain has officially joined El Salvador’s Labor Migration Program, offering a new pathway for Salvadorans to work abroad under legal and secure conditions. Rolando Castro, the Ministry of Labor, announced that a new group of … Read more

Archbishop Luis Escobar Alas

Archbishop Luis Escobar Alas Delivers 150,000 Signatures Against El Salvador’s Metallic Mining Law

 

SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador — In a significant show of public opposition to mining in El Salvador, Archbishop Luis Escobar Alas delivered a letter and 150,000 signatures to the Legislative Assembly on Tuesday, urging lawmakers to repeal the recently approved … Read more

San Salvador Historic Downtown

San Salvador: Six-Plus Years Out of the 50 Most Violent Cities in the World


For years, San Salvador, the capital of El Salvador, stood as a symbol of urban violence, plagued by rampant gang activity, extortion, and one of the highest homicide rates in the world. The city’s name was a constant presence on … Read more

Monsignor Escobar Alas

Salvadoran Catholic Church to Submit Signatures Urging Repeal of Metallic Mining Law

 

SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador — The Catholic Church in El Salvador will formally present thousands of collected signatures to the Legislative Assembly on Tuesday, March 18, in a bid to repeal the recently enacted General Law on Metallic Mining. Archbishop … Read more