Judge orders El Salvador human rights lawyer jailed for 6 months pending trial

SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) — A judge in El Salvador ordered a lawyer from a prominent human rights organization who has been an outspoken critic of some of President Nayib Bukele’s policies to be jailed Wednesday for six months on illegal enrichment …

El Salvador convicts army officers for 1982 killing of 4 Dutch journalists

A jury found the three ex-military officers guilty of killing the journalists who were making a documentary on El Salvador’s civil war at the time. Three former officers in El Salvador’s military have been convicted for the killings of four Dutch …

You can find America’s future in El Salvador

The Presidency of El Salvador is chronically online, documenting every move taken—and every press conference given—by Nayib Bukele, who intends to rule for life.  One widely shared video is of his visit to El Salvador’s new National Library. The tour takes …

Three former soldiers convicted of Dutch journalists' murder in El Salvador in 1982

In El Salvador, three suspects have been found guilty of murdering four Dutch journalists that were working for IKON in 1982. All three were handed a prison sentence of 15 years, several Salvadorian media outlets reported, including the newspaper Diario El …

Bulgaria to Open Consulate in El Salvador

The Council of Ministers adopted a decision on Wednesday to open a consulate of Bulgaria in El Salvador with headquarters in San Salvador and a consular district covering the territory of El Salvador. The consulate will be headed by Honorary Consul Miguel …

Bulgaria to open honorary consulate in El Salvador

At today's meeting, the Bulgarian government decided to open an honorary consulate in the Republic of El Salvador. Miguel Alejandro Gayegos García, an El Salvadoran citizen, has been appointed as the Honorary Consul, based in San Salvador, with …

Immigration courts dismissing cases of Venezuelan migrants sent to El Salvador: Attorneys

Posted/updated on: June 4, 2025 at 7:06 am David Dee Delgado/Getty Images(DALLAS) -- The immigration cases of some of the Venezuelan migrants who were deported to El Salvador under the Alien Enemies Act in March have been dismissed, their attorneys …

Killers of Dutch journalists in El Salvador convicted at last

June 4, 2025 A memorial to the murdered journalists. Photo: Dijk, Hans van / Anefo via Wikimedia CommonsA jury in El Salvador has found three of the suspects on trial for the murder of four Dutch journalists in 1982 guilty in a landmark case for the …

U.N. Atomic Energy Agency Confirms El Salvador Taking First Steps Towards Nuclear Power

A delegation of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) concluded a six-day safety review of El Salvador’s site selection process for its first nuclear power plant, the agency announced on Monday. The report of the review, conducted by a mission of …

Koos Koster, Jan Kuiper, Hans ter Laag and Joop Willemsen were killed in 1982 while filming a documentary during El ...