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Attempted prison escape in Honduras leaves 2 inmates dead and 3 injured
MEXICO CITY (AP) — An attempted prison break early Thursday in Honduras left two inmates dead and three injured, authorities said. The Latin American country has long been plagued by gang violence and overcrowded prisons. According to officials, a total of 72 prisoners took part...
El Salvador's police director and a fugitive banker are among 9 dead in a helicopter crash
SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) — El Salvador's military says the national police director, other high-ranking police officials and a fugitive banker were among nine people killed in a military helicopter crash in a rural part of the country. The cause of the crash on Sunday night...
Human rights body urges El Salvador to end state of emergency
SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) — The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights urged El Salvador Wednesday to end the more than two-year state of emergency, which has suspended fundamental civil rights while the government pursued the country’s powerful street gangs. The regional...
El Salvador President Nayib Bukele says security sustainable without a state of emergency
SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) — Nearly 2½ years into a state of emergency that has suspended key civil liberties in El Salvador, President Nayib Bukele says the security advances achieved are sustainable without what was supposed to be a temporary measure. Each month, El...
A magnitude 6.1 earthquake rattles El Salvador with no immediate reports of injuries or damage
SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) — An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.1 rattled El Salvador on Wednesday afternoon with no initial damage reported, according to a report from the U.S. Geological Survey. The quake, which took place 37 miles (60 kilometers) off the coast of the...
Several NGOs start a registry of disappeared persons in El Salvador as anti-gang crackdown continues
SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) — Several nongovernmental organizations on Wednesday launched a registry of disappeared persons in El Salvador, a tool meant to help families with relatives who disappeared during the country's extended state of emergency that was declared to battle street gangs. ...
Salvadorans honoring Saint Óscar Romero: During these difficult times, he is like a ray of hope
SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) — It’s as if Joyce Valencia could still hear Saint Oscar Romero’s voice. “I met him when I was a little girl,” the 61-year-old Salvadoran said. “We used to gather around our radio with our grandma to listen to him. And, even now, listening...
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...
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...
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...
