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In this June 1, 2012 file photo, El Salvador's President Mauricio Funes stands in the National Assembly in San Salvador, El Salvador. Former El Salvador President Mauricio Funes, who spent the final years of his life in Nicaragua to avoid various criminal sentences, died late Tuesday. He was 65. (AP Photo/Luis Romero, File)

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Former El Salvador President Mauricio Funes dies in exile in Nicaragua at age 65
By MARCOS ALEMAN - Associated Press
Wed,01/22/25-6:22AM , 35 Reads
SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) — Former El Salvador President Mauricio Funes, who spent the final years of his life in Nicaragua to avoid various criminal sentences, died late Tuesday. He was 65.

Nicaragua’s Health Ministry said in a statement that Funes had died of a serious chronic illness.
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A relative stands outside the home where two girls died when their home was buried in a landslide, in San Salvador, El Salvador, Friday, June 21, 2024. The torrential rains hitting El Salvador caused more deaths on Friday. (AP Photo/Salvador Melendez)

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El Salvador death toll rises to 19 as heavy rains continue
By MARCOS ALEMAN - Associated Press
Fri,06/21/24-11:41AM , 43 Reads
SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) — The torrential rains hitting El Salvador caused the deaths of another six people on Friday when two girls and four adults were killed after being buried in their homes. Wall collapses and landslides on the outskirts of the capital brought a total of 19 dead.
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In this photo provided by El Salvador's presidential press office, inmates identified by authorities as gang members are seated on the prison floor of the Terrorism Confinement Center in Tecoluca, El Salvador, Wednesday, March 15, 2023. (El Salvador presidential press office via AP)

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El Salvador: 2,000 more to prison, vows will 'never return'
By MARCOS ALEMAN - Associated Press
Wed,03/15/23-5:51PM , 43 Reads
SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) — El Salvador’s government sent 2,000 more suspects to a huge new prison built especially for gang members Wednesday, and the the justice minister vowed that “they will never return” to the streets.
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Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele speaks before the start of vaccination of medical staff with the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine at the Atlacatl Medical Unit of the Salvadoran Social Security Institute in San Salvador, El Salvador, Feb. 17, 2021. Nine months into a state of emergency declared by President Nayib Bukele in 2022, to fight street gangs, El Salvador has seen more than 1,000 documented human rights abuses and about 90 deaths of prisoners in custody. Yet Bukele’s popularity ratings have soared. (AP Photo/Salvador Melendez, File)

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In El Salvador, a tough anti-gang crackdown proves popular
By MARCOS ALEMAN - Associated Press
Tue,12/27/22-5:25PM , 75 Reads
SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) — Nine months into a state of emergency declared by President Nayib Bukele to fight street gangs, El Salvador has seen more than 1,000 documented human rights abuses and about 90 deaths of prisoners in custody. And Bukele’s popularity ratings have soared.
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