In February 2025, the Trump administration and El Salvador's president announced an agreement allowing the US to send both detained migrants and imprisoned citizens to the mega-prison in El Salvador.

The mellow beach town of El Zonte, El Salvador, now hums with chic villas, Bitcoin cafés, and world-class surfing.

The selection for 2026 is Javier Zamora’s “Solito: A Memoir.” It’s the personal story of Zamora’s immigration from El ...

El Salvador President Bukele visits Costa Rica next week to inspect and lay the first stone for the new prison.

El Salvador achieved its lowest homicide rate ever in 2025 at 1.3 per 100,000, with 82 murder cases all resolved.

Federal immigration agents arrested a gang-linked El Salvadoran national with a violent criminal history in Baltimore, ...

The first full moon of 2026 will rise with a bit of extra gravitas. January’s full moon, the “Wolf Moon,” will also be a ...

Earlier this year, the United States deported 252 Venezuelans to El Salvador and paid its government to imprison them, despite clear evidence of human-rights abuses in the country’s prison system and ...

The United States of America (United States, or U.S.) and the Republic of El Salvador (El Salvador) have agreed to a Framework for an Agreement on Reciprocal Trade (Agreement) that further strengthens ...

The United States removed Gonzalo and 251 other Venezuelans to El Salvador in March and April 2025. When the plane landed, officers forced him and others to kneel with their heads down, he said. He ...

El Salvador lawmakers’ July 31 approval of a constitutional amendment ending presidential term limits was the latest action in a years-long process to dismantle the rule of law. The international ...

SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador — The party of El Salvador President Nayib Bukele approved constitutional changes in the country's National Assembly on Thursday that will allow indefinite presidential ...