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 ...

Margarita Ramirez* knew who it was when she heard the loud thuds on her front door. She opened it a crack and saw several members of the Barrio 18 street gang which ruled her neighbourhood. “Where’s ...

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They got this beast’s number. A convicted killer on El Salvador’s list of most-wanted gang members has been arrested while living illegally in the US, according to the feds — with his mugshot showing ...

President Nayib Bukele in El Salvador is celebrating 1,000 days without homicides since he took power in 2019. But what does that mean exactly, and are there reasons to doubt the numbers in a country ...

MEXICO CITY — The Trump administration Tuesday designated the Barrio 18 gang as a foreign terrorist organization, joining other Latin American criminal groups receiving the designation in recent ...

Prisoners are pictured at El Salvador's notorious CECOT prison - Copyright AFP Tobias SCHWARZ Prisoners are pictured at El Salvador's notorious CECOT prison ...

His bold crackdown, backed by iron-fisted rhetoric and slick social media campaigns, won him global headlines and soaring domestic approval. Three years later, the country boasts one of the lowest ...