A wave of violence inside and outside prisons drew attention to President Bernardo Arévalo's fragile political balancing act ...

A Cristosal report documents 245 cases of political persecution in El Salvador, showing arrests, pretrial detention and vicarious pressure on families in places like Nahuizalco.

Trump administration accused Luis Muñoz Pinto of being part of the Tren de Aragua gang. Now living in Colombia he hopes to clear his name and study engineering in the US ...

The man, identified in a U.S. Department of Homeland Security press release as Edgar Vixney Hernandez-Velasquez, was detained ...

Xiomara Castro imposed a state of emergency similar to El Salvador’s, restricting rights and deploying the army in the ...

An Elmhurst MS-13 gang associate was sentenced on Tuesday, Feb. 24 to nearly a half-century in federal prison for the brutal slaying of a North Corona ...

Gang members sparked riots in multiple prisons across Guatemala on Saturday, taking more than 40 guards and staff as hostages. The unrest stems from ongoing tensions after authorities shifted top ...

WESLACO, Texas — The Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) apprehended a confirmed Mara Salvatrucha (MS-13) gang member and deported felon in Hidalgo County last week. The arrest occurred on ...

Guards escort inmates allegedly linked to criminal organizations at CECOT on March 16, 2025 in Tecoluca, El Salvador. Salvadoran Government via Getty Images Continuing its tough-on-crime policy ...

Dec. 22 (UPI) --Courts in El Salvador have imposed prison sentences totaling centuries on members of the Mara Salvatrucha gang, or MS-13, in one of the harshest judicial decisions since the country ...

Four high-ranking members of Mara Salvatrucha (MS-13) were convicted on multiple charges, including racketeering and murder, following a federal jury verdict in Brooklyn. Edenilson Velasquez Larin, ...

Shelby Township police arrested a suspected terrorist from the MS-13 gang organization, the department said Tuesday. Police conducted a traffic stop on a vehicle near West Utica Road and Dequindre ...