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Venezuela Receives 252 Deportees in Three-Way Prisoner Exchange
252 Venezuelan migrants deported to El Salvador by the Trump administration were returned to Venezuela in a three-way prisoner exchange that also involved the release of 10 American prisoners and 80 Venezuelan political prisoners; the migrants had spent four months in El Salvador's high-security pri...
Venezuela Receives 252 Deportees in Three-Way Prisoner Exchange
252 Venezuelan migrants deported to El Salvador by the Trump administration were returned to Venezuela in a three-way prisoner exchange that also involved the release of 10 American prisoners and 80 Venezuelan political prisoners; the migrants had spent four months in El Salvador's high-security pri...
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64% Bias Score
Salvadoran Human Rights Group Cristosal Suspends Operations Amid Government Crackdown
Cristosal, a Salvadoran human rights group operating for 25 years, suspended its operations in El Salvador on Thursday due to government repression and the detention of its member, Ruth Eleonora López. The group will continue its work from Guatemala and Honduras, citing the government's harassment a...
Salvadoran Human Rights Group Cristosal Suspends Operations Amid Government Crackdown
Cristosal, a Salvadoran human rights group operating for 25 years, suspended its operations in El Salvador on Thursday due to government repression and the detention of its member, Ruth Eleonora López. The group will continue its work from Guatemala and Honduras, citing the government's harassment a...
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44% Bias Score
Cristosal Suspends El Salvador Operations Amid Government Crackdown
Cristosal, a Salvadoran human rights group, suspended operations in El Salvador on August 31, 2024, citing government repression and the detention of its member Ruth Eleonora López, choosing to operate from Guatemala and Honduras instead, highlighting a broader crackdown on civil society under Presi...
Cristosal Suspends El Salvador Operations Amid Government Crackdown
Cristosal, a Salvadoran human rights group, suspended operations in El Salvador on August 31, 2024, citing government repression and the detention of its member Ruth Eleonora López, choosing to operate from Guatemala and Honduras instead, highlighting a broader crackdown on civil society under Presi...
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36% Bias Score
El Salvador's Mass Arrests: Police Confirm Human Rights Abuses
In El Salvador, President Nayib Bukele's 2022 crackdown on gangs resulted in the arbitrary arrest of approximately 80,000 Salvadorans, many without evidence, according to police officers who spoke anonymously to Human Rights Watch, fearing reprisal; they reported being pressured to meet quotas.
El Salvador's Mass Arrests: Police Confirm Human Rights Abuses
In El Salvador, President Nayib Bukele's 2022 crackdown on gangs resulted in the arbitrary arrest of approximately 80,000 Salvadorans, many without evidence, according to police officers who spoke anonymously to Human Rights Watch, fearing reprisal; they reported being pressured to meet quotas.
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56% Bias Score
US Senators Introduce Bill to Sanction El Salvador's President Bukele
Democratic Senators introduced the El Salvador Accountability Act of 2025 to sanction President Bukele for alleged human rights abuses and collusion with the Trump administration to imprison US citizens without due process, imposing property-blocking sanctions, visa restrictions, and blocking US fun...
US Senators Introduce Bill to Sanction El Salvador's President Bukele
Democratic Senators introduced the El Salvador Accountability Act of 2025 to sanction President Bukele for alleged human rights abuses and collusion with the Trump administration to imprison US citizens without due process, imposing property-blocking sanctions, visa restrictions, and blocking US fun...
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60% Bias Score
El Salvador: Land Dispute Leads to Arrests, New Tax on NGOs
In El Salvador, the El Bosque farming cooperative's eviction attempt sparked a protest, resulting in five arrests under the state of exception. President Bukele accused protesters of being manipulated by leftist groups and NGOs, announcing a new 30% tax on foreign NGO donations, while at least 45 si...
El Salvador: Land Dispute Leads to Arrests, New Tax on NGOs
In El Salvador, the El Bosque farming cooperative's eviction attempt sparked a protest, resulting in five arrests under the state of exception. President Bukele accused protesters of being manipulated by leftist groups and NGOs, announcing a new 30% tax on foreign NGO donations, while at least 45 si...
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44% Bias Score
US Threatens Mexico with 30% Tariffs
The US threatens Mexico with 30% tariffs starting August 1st, prompting President Sheinbaum to seek de-escalation despite past concessions such as deploying 10,000 soldiers to the border, successfully closing it, and extraditing numerous drug traffickers; however, the unpredictable US negotiation st...
US Threatens Mexico with 30% Tariffs
The US threatens Mexico with 30% tariffs starting August 1st, prompting President Sheinbaum to seek de-escalation despite past concessions such as deploying 10,000 soldiers to the border, successfully closing it, and extraditing numerous drug traffickers; however, the unpredictable US negotiation st...
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48% Bias Score
Salvadoran NGO Cristosal Exiles Itself Amid Government Crackdown
The Salvadoran human rights NGO Cristosal, facing government repression including espionage and defamation, has exiled itself to Guatemala and Honduras, continuing operations from there after a new law restricted funding and operations in El Salvador.
Salvadoran NGO Cristosal Exiles Itself Amid Government Crackdown
The Salvadoran human rights NGO Cristosal, facing government repression including espionage and defamation, has exiled itself to Guatemala and Honduras, continuing operations from there after a new law restricted funding and operations in El Salvador.
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60% Bias Score
Bukele Denies Torture Allegations Against Detained Salvadoran
El Salvador's President Nayib Bukele denied torture allegations against Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a Salvadoran deported from the U.S. under the Trump administration, providing photos and video as evidence; however, Abrego Garcia, in court documents, details severe beatings, sleep deprivation, and psycho...
Bukele Denies Torture Allegations Against Detained Salvadoran
El Salvador's President Nayib Bukele denied torture allegations against Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a Salvadoran deported from the U.S. under the Trump administration, providing photos and video as evidence; however, Abrego Garcia, in court documents, details severe beatings, sleep deprivation, and psycho...
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36% Bias Score
El Salvador: Seven El Faro Journalists Exiled After Reporting on Bukele-Gang Pact
In May 2025, El Salvador's El Faro newspaper published gang leaders' claims of a pact between President Nayib Bukele and gangs, resulting in arrest warrants for seven journalists now exiled due to the risk of imprisonment and torture in El Salvador, where President Bukele is accused of silencing dis...
El Salvador: Seven El Faro Journalists Exiled After Reporting on Bukele-Gang Pact
In May 2025, El Salvador's El Faro newspaper published gang leaders' claims of a pact between President Nayib Bukele and gangs, resulting in arrest warrants for seven journalists now exiled due to the risk of imprisonment and torture in El Salvador, where President Bukele is accused of silencing dis...
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44% Bias Score
Venezuelan Families Demand Proof of Life for Deportees Held in El Salvador's Secrecy-Shrouded Mega-Jail
Families of 238 Venezuelan deportees, many undocumented migrants according to US authorities and human rights groups, arrived in El Salvador to seek "proof of life" and information on their health from the Cecot mega-prison, where access is severely restricted, raising serious human rights concerns.
Venezuelan Families Demand Proof of Life for Deportees Held in El Salvador's Secrecy-Shrouded Mega-Jail
Families of 238 Venezuelan deportees, many undocumented migrants according to US authorities and human rights groups, arrived in El Salvador to seek "proof of life" and information on their health from the Cecot mega-prison, where access is severely restricted, raising serious human rights concerns.
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60% Bias Score
El Salvador: Human Rights Lawyer Arrested, Raising Concerns of Retaliation
In El Salvador, human rights lawyer Ruth Eleonora López, a critic of President Bukele, was arrested on May 18th and charged with illegal enrichment, prompting concerns about retaliation for her work with Cristosal NGO. Prosecutors sought a six-month pre-trial detention, while López demanded a public...
El Salvador: Human Rights Lawyer Arrested, Raising Concerns of Retaliation
In El Salvador, human rights lawyer Ruth Eleonora López, a critic of President Bukele, was arrested on May 18th and charged with illegal enrichment, prompting concerns about retaliation for her work with Cristosal NGO. Prosecutors sought a six-month pre-trial detention, while López demanded a public...
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44% Bias Score
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