Years of campaigning led to the release of 81 women imprisoned under the country’s strict reproductive laws, but the suspension of civil rights by President Nayib Bukele is fuelling a new wave of crim ...

A few years ago, El Tunco beach in El Salvador was crawling with gang members who robbed and extorted people at will.

Once known as one of the most dangerous detention centers in the murder capital of the world, El Salvador’s sprawling La Esperanza prison now sits at the center of an international debate over crime, ...

Explore the imposing Centro de Confinamiento del Terrorismo (CECOT) in El Salvador with this exclusive footage, revealing the world's largest mega-prison built to house the country’s most dangerous ...

The inaugural Anti-Crime & Corruption Hero award honors individuals confronting organized crime and corruption head-on — ...

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Crime a top concern for voters in Feb. 1 election New prison modeled after controversial Salvadoran mega-prison Ruling party candidate leads polls for president Opposition groups warned of electoral ...

His condition deteriorated and he lost more than 30 pounds in his first two weeks there, he said.

The Trump administration knew that the vast majority of the 238 Venezuelan immigrants it sent to a maximum-security prison in El Salvador in mid-March had not been convicted of crimes in the United ...

A Salvadoran man facing up to 12 years behind bars after he fatally struck a 69-year-old Hicksville man on a bicycle could evade prison time after federal immigration officials deported him to his ...