A human rights group in El Salvador reports at least 427 people have died in Salvadoran prisons since President Nayib Bukele imposed a “state of emergency” in March 2022. The following year, Bukele’s ...

In El Salvador, a judge has ordered the detention of prominent anti-corruption lawyer Ruth López for six months while she awaits trial. She was arrested last month over allegations of embezzlement — ...

SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) — El Salvador arrested an anticorruption lawyer from one of the country’s premier human rights organizations, alleging she participated in the embezzlement of funds when ...

Supporters of detained human rights lawyer Ruth Lopez hold a sign that reads 'Freedom for Ruth' in Spanish outside court in San Salvador, El Salvador, on Wednesday, June 4, 2025 [Salvador Melendez/AP ...

Police in El Salvador have arrested a prominent human rights attorney who is an outspoken critic of President Nayib Bukele. Ruth Eleonora López, who heads the anti-corruption program at Cristosal, a ...

Former Senator Bob Menendez was handed an 11-year prison term for accepting bribes, including gold bars, and foreign agent offenses, in return for political favors on Wednesday. What Happened: U.S.

The justice system of El Salvador has admitted a habeas corpus petition in favor of lawyer and humanitarian activist Ruth López, a critic of President Nayib Bukele’s government, but failed to address ...

SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) — Human rights organizations, politicians and experts have sharply criticized a law approved by El Salvador's Congress as a censorship tool designed to silence and ...

The fiercest voices of dissent against President Nayib Bukele have long feared a widespread crackdown. They weathered police raids on their homes, watched their friends being thrown into jail and ...

When President Nayib Bukele announced a sweeping “state of exception” in El Salvador in March 2022, he promised an end to the country’s long-standing nightmare: the grip of brutal street gangs like MS ...