El Salvador has seen a spike in homicides this year, up to 13 per day compared to 11 per day in February 2011, which the government has blamed on a…
Five soldiers have been murdered so far this year in El Salvador, lending credence to the claims of federal police that local maras, or street gangs, are plotting against…
El Salvador has announced details of a new police unit focused on combating gangs, as part of the government's militarization of security policy, which resembles the discredited "iron fist" policies…
El Salvador's government has proposed implementing a curfew on young people and placing schools under heavy guard, following a record year for murders.
El Salvadors government says it is taking a radical stance on crime, using the military to police the country's most violent areas and now appointing military men to top security…
Authorities in El Salvador have transferred more than 1,000 inmates in an attempt to stabilize some of the country's violent, overcrowded prisons following the death of nine inmates earlier this…
El Salvadors police have claimed that the countrys maras, or street gangs, are planning an all-out attack on security forces, despite the fact that these groups have neither the organizational…
El Salvador police arrested four people and seized about $1.5 million in fake dollar bills, highlighting the growth of the counterfeit trade, which is due in part to the country's…
El Salvador saw a huge number of disappearances in 2011, with capital San Salvador alone registering more than 2,000 missing people, in a sign of growing gang violence.
A top drug policy official in El Salvador said they have no official estimate for how much cocaine transits through the country. After registering a record murder rate in 2011,…
El Salvador registered more than 4300 murders in 2011, making it the bloodiest year since the end of the civil war in 1992, the result of street gang violence and…
La Prensa Grafica reports on the poor state of centers for the rehabilitation of young offenders in El Salvador, which officials warn could contribute to a rise in crime.
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