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El Salvador

Salvadoran families demand fair trials, mourn prison dead on Day of the Dead

Relatives of people imprisoned and disappeared under a state of emergency take part in a protest ahead of Day of the Dead, in San Salvador, El Salvador, October 31, 2026. REUTERS/Jose Cabezas     TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY
Relatives of people imprisoned and disappeared under a state of emergency take part in a protest ahead of Day of the Dead, in San Salvador, El Salvador, October 31, 2026. REUTERS/Jose Cabezas     TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

Bukele's gang offensive goes abroad as El Salvador rushes troops to Haiti

FILE PHOTO: An armored personnel carrier of Haiti's UN-backed Gang Suppression Force (GSF) patrols an area after El Salvador announced a rescue mission for four air force members in the GSF that went missing after a gang ambush, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, October 23, 2026. REUTERS/Patrice Noel/File Photo
FILE PHOTO: An armored personnel carrier of Haiti's UN-backed Gang Suppression Force (GSF) patrols an area after El Salvador announced a rescue mission for four air force members in the GSF that went missing after a gang ambush, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, October 23, 2026. REUTERS/Patrice Noel/File Photo

El Salvador to send over 2,000 soldiers to Haiti for rescue while elections postponed

Supporters gather for Haitian former President Michel Martelly as he registers to run for president in the upcoming election, which had been planned for December before the government announced it was reviewing the schedule, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, October 23, 2026. REUTERS/Fildor Pq Egeder
Supporters gather for Haitian former President Michel Martelly as he registers to run for president in the upcoming election, which had been planned for December before the government announced it was reviewing the schedule, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, October 23, 2026. REUTERS/Fildor Pq Egeder

El Salvador rushes some 1,000 troops to Haiti after gang ambush, source says

FILE PHOTO: An armored personnel carrier of Haiti's UN-backed Gang Suppression Force (GSF) patrols an area after El Salvador announced a rescue mission for four air force members in the GSF that went missing after a gang ambush, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, October 23, 2026. REUTERS/Patrice Noel/File Photo
FILE PHOTO: An armored personnel carrier of Haiti's UN-backed Gang Suppression Force (GSF) patrols an area after El Salvador announced a rescue mission for four air force members in the GSF that went missing after a gang ambush, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, October 23, 2026. REUTERS/Patrice Noel/File Photo

El Salvador says Haiti gangs holding 4 force members hostage, announces new rescue mission

Armored personnel carriers of Haiti's UN-backed Gang Suppression Force (GSF) patrol an area after heavily armed gangs ambushed members of the force, attacking their armored vehicle with explosives, setting it ablaze and leaving four Salvadoran troops missing when they fled their burning vehicle, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, October 19, 2026. REUTERS/Patrice Noel
Armored personnel carriers of Haiti's UN-backed Gang Suppression Force (GSF) patrol an area after heavily armed gangs ambushed members of the force, attacking their armored vehicle with explosives, setting it ablaze and leaving four Salvadoran troops missing when they fled their burning vehicle, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, October 19, 2026. REUTERS/Patrice Noel

Four Salvadoran air force members missing after gang ambush in Haiti

US says immigrants from El Salvador will for now keep temporary protected status

A Federal agent questions a man, who showed his Temporary Protected Status (TPS) and had came to the U.S. 25 years ago from El Salvador, during immigration removal operations in the Long Island town of Hempstead, New York, U.S., January 19, 2026. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton
A Federal agent questions a man, who showed his Temporary Protected Status (TPS) and had came to the U.S. 25 years ago from El Salvador, during immigration removal operations in the Long Island town of Hempstead, New York, U.S., January 19, 2026. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton

Family of man who died in ICE detention in New Jersey alleges medical negligence in custody

Oct 28 AM (keep Deepavali OIL)
Oct 28 AM (keep Deepavali OIL)

El Salvador opposition pitch former lawmaker, doctor to run against Bukele in 2027

Former lawmaker Maytee Iraheta speaks to reporters before announcing her candidacy for El Salvador's Nationalist Republican Alliance (ARENA) party to challenge President Nayib Bukele in the next presidential election, in San Salvador, El Salvador, July 26, 2026. Nationalist Republican Alliance (ARENA)/Handout via REUTERS
Former lawmaker Maytee Iraheta speaks to reporters before announcing her candidacy for El Salvador's Nationalist Republican Alliance (ARENA) party to challenge President Nayib Bukele in the next presidential election, in San Salvador, El Salvador, July 26, 2026. Nationalist Republican Alliance (ARENA)/Handout via REUTERS

Nearly 3,000-year-old human remains unearthed in El Salvador

Archaeologists excavate and remove a pre-Hispanic burial, including human remains and associated artifacts such as a turtle-shaped Usulutan ceramic vessel, at the Pasaje 4 archaeological site in Antiguo Cuscatlan, El Salvador, on July 3.
Archaeologists excavate and remove a pre-Hispanic burial, including human remains and associated artifacts such as a turtle-shaped Usulutan ceramic vessel, at the Pasaje 4 archaeological site in Antiguo Cuscatlan, El Salvador, on July 3.

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