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AP Week in Pictures: Latin America and Caribbean
July 12-18, 2024 Soccer fans revel in their country's Copa America triumph after Argentina won their record 16th Copa America title, defeating Colombia 1-0. El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele has begun a program that offers 3 pupusas and a cup of coffee for the...
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El Salvador has arrested 3,319 minors and sentenced almost 600 as part of anti-gang crackdown
SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) — A rights report released Tuesday says the government of El Salvador has arrested 3,319 underage suspects and sentenced 579 to prison terms during the harsh 2 1/2 year-old crackdown on street gangs. The report by Human Rights Watch says the minors...
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At least 261 people have died in El Salvador's prisons under anti-gang crackdown, rights group says
SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) — The human rights organization Cristosal said Wednesday that at least 261 people have died in prisons in El Salvador during President Nayib Bukele's 2 1/2-year-old crackdown on street gangs. Under a state of emergency originally declared in 2022 and...
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El Salvador's president threatens to use gang-crackdown style tactics against price gougers
SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) — Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele, famous for his heavy-handed crackdown on street gangs, threatened to use similar tactics against price gougers. Since 2022, Bukele has rounded up tens of thousands of suspected street gang members — often on...
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Calls for Berhalter to step down from USMNT are growing. Here are possible candidates to replace him
NEW YORK (AP) — Jürgen Klopp, Thierry Henry and Marcelo Bielsa are among those being speculated about as candidates to take over from Gregg Berhalter as U.S. coach ahead of the 2026 World Cup. Jesse Marsch, Hugo Pérez, Pellegrino Matarazzo and David Wagner could be considered if...
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El Salvador death toll rises to 19 as heavy rains continue
SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) — The torrential rains hitting El Salvador caused the deaths of another six people on Friday when two girls and four adults were killed after being buried in their homes. Wall collapses and landslides on the outskirts of the capital brought a total of 19 dead. ...
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Attorneys say Biden administration’s new safety standards for migrant children in custody not enough
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Attorneys for migrant children who arrived to the United States on their own say the Biden administration’s new rules are not enough to ensure their safety while they are in U.S. custody and should not replace a decades-old agreement from a court settlement that requires...
Deaths, drownings and destruction as heavy rains move through Central America. 3 killed in Guatemala
GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — Three men drowned in Guatemala when two of them tried to help another who had tried to cross an overflowing river, as heavy rains caused death and destruction across Central America, authorities said Tuesday. The three fatalities on Monday were the latest in a...
7 people die in events related to heavy rains in El Salvador
SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) — Seven people were killed Monday in separate events in El Salvador that authorities attributed to heavy rains that have persisted since the weekend. In Tacuba, near the country’s border with Guatemala, five people died after they were buried in...
A recently elected mayor is shot and killed in southern Mexico
MEXICO CITY (AP) — A recently elected mayor was shot and killed on Monday in southern Mexico, in the state of Guerrero, local authorities said. Salvador Villalva Flores was on a bus when was he was fatally shot in the head in the town of San Pedro las Playas, according to the...
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