El Salvador's President Mauricio Funes called for a clean-up of police forces across the Americas, to break links to organized crime and help build regional cooperation.
Testimony at a recent hearing on U.S.-Central American security cooperation showcased one of Central Americas key problems: These countries do not collect enough taxes to win the fight against organized…
The three-day summit of the Organization of American States (OAS) concluded Tuesday in El Salvador with few concrete results to show, after the assembly debated a proposed regional action plan…
The Organization of American States (OAS) will meet in San Salvador on Sunday to debate a regional action plan against organized crime.
El Salvador has called for regional action to stop weapons being stolen and sold to Mexican drug traffickers. But as a look at recent incidents in Central America shows, these…
El Salvador's army arrested six soldiers on suspicion of trying to steal more than 1,800 hand grenades to sell to drug trafficking organizations.
A rise in brutal killings of women, known as femicides, in El Salvador can be blamed on various factors, from gender inequality to organized crime to a society hollowed out…
El Salvador's Supreme Court announced it will open an investigation into the Texis Cartel, following the publication of a report by newspaper El Faro.
El Salvador's drug trade gets relatively little attention, overshadowed by the chaos in Mexico, but a new investigation has cast light on the rise of the Texis Cartel, a group…
El Salvadors government has proposed a new tax, based mainly on Colombia's experience from earlier this decade, to raise funds for combating crime.
Courts in El Salvador have refused to extradite two Guatemalan former military officers who are wanted by the U.S. on drug trafficking charges.
The countries of Central America agreed to seek financial aid from the international community to help fund a plan to combat drug trafficking, gangs and organized crime in the region.
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