El Salvador Sets New Standard in Regional Security With Record Peace Levels.

El Salvador continues to see significant strides in public safety, registering five consecutive days without homicides and achieving a total of 148 homicide-free days from January 1 to June 30, 2025. This data, corroborated by the National Civil...

El Salvador Turns Recovered Gang Properties into Affordable Homes in Record-Breaking 2025 Housing Push.

El Salvador’s Social Housing Fund (FSV) has invested $960.47 million since 2019 to improve housing conditions for over 178,000 people. Under President Nayib Bukele’s leadership, 42,822 homes have been deeded, with 3,013 of those in 2025 alone. Al...

Bukele rechaza las acusaciones de tortura durante la detención de Kilmar Ábrego García en El Salvador

CNN Español El presidente de El Salvador, Nayib Bukele, rechazó el jueves las acusaciones de que Kilmar Ábrego García fue torturado o maltratado durante el tiempo que estuvo detenido en el país centroamericano, entre el 15 de marzo y el 6 de...

World News | El Salvador President Bukele Denies Beating, Torture of Kilmar Abrego Garcia in Prison

Mexico City, Jul 4 (AP) El Salvador President Nayib Bukele cast aside allegations that Kilmar Abrego Garcia was beaten and subject to psychological torture in a Salvadoran prison on Thursday. In a post on the social media platform X, Bukele wrote...

Kilmar Abrego Garcia says he was beaten in El Salvador jail

Abrego Garcia Claims He Was Tortured in El Salvador. But Nayib Bukele Has Receipts.

"Kilmar Abrego Garcia suffered psychological and physical torture in El Salvador prison, attorneys say" reads the headline from NBC. "Abrego Garcia says he was severely beaten in Salvadoran prison," says NPR's headline. "Kilmar Abrego Garcia says...

Kilmar Abrego García’s lawyers describe ‘severe beatings’ in El Salvador prison

Maryland Sen. Chris Van Hollen, right, speaks with Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a Salvadoran citizen who was living in Maryland and deported to El Salvador by the Trump administration, in a hotel restaurant in San Salvador, El Salvador, Thursday, April...

Private Sector in El Salvador Responds Strongly to Pro-Business Reforms.

El Salvador’s private sector is responding enthusiastically to President Nayib Bukele’s push for economic growth, said Luis Rodríguez, head of the San Salvador Metropolitan Area Planning Office (Opamss). He pointed to a recent $100 million deal...

From Blockchain to Big Data: El Salvador Presents Digital Services at América Digital 2025.

El Salvador recently took part in the 10th América Digital Congress of AI, Tech, and Business 2025, held in Mexico City, with the goal of promoting its growing innovation and technology ecosystem. The country’s participation focused on presenting...

How El Salvador Is Elevating Women in International Diplomacy.

To commemorate the International Day of Women in Diplomacy on June 24, El Salvador’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, through its Diplomatic Institute “Dr. José Gustavo Guerrero,” held a forum titled “Breaking Barriers: Voices of Women Diplomats...

International Experts Highlight El Salvador’s Transformation as a Regional Model with Global Potential.

B. León (Belén De León) is an international analyst and consultant specialising in protocol and foreign relations. She serves as the Director of NLG Internacional in France, combining field experience with strategic advisory. Since 2019,...

Abrego Garcia says beaten, tortured in El Salvador prison, Trump admin calls account 'sob story'

Maryland resident Kilmar Abrego Garcia, who was recently deported to El Salvador by the Trump administration, is saying upon his return to the U.S. that he was beaten and psychologically tortured while imprisoned in the Latin American country....

This Is What Trump Paid El Salvador To Do To Kilmar Abrego Garcia

Kilmar Abrego Garcia with his senator Chris Van Hollen of Maryland Today in criminal court in Tennessee, in the case against Kilmar Abrego Garcia on made-up trumped up GANG SMUGGLE EXPIRED DRIVERS LICENSE! charges as clownishly stupid as the sound...

Abrego Garcia’s Lawyers Say He Endured Beatings, Torture in El Salvador Prison

Truthout is an indispensable resource for activists, movement leaders and workers everywhere. Please make this work possible with a quick donation. Washington — Kilmar Abrego Garcia, who was wrongly deported in March to a notorious mega-prison in...

What Kilmar Abrego Garcia says about his treatment in El Salvador prison

Kilmar Abrego Garcia alleges that he faced physical and psychological torture during his detention in an El Salvador prison. He says he wasn't able to contact his family or lawyers and experienced inhumane living conditions, resulting in severe...

Kilmar Abrego Garcia says he was tortured, beaten in El Salvador prison

Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the Maryland resident who was mistakenly deported to El Salvador earlier this year, says he was subjected to sleep deprivation, psychological torture and severe beatings during his incarceration at the notorious Terrorism...

Kilmar Abrego Garcia tortured in El Salvador prison, U.S. court filings say

NOTE: This story contains disturbing details. Please read at your own discretion. Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a 29-year-old Salvadoran man residing in Maryland who was wrongly deported to CECOT, a mega-jail in El Salvador whose name translates roughly...

Abrego Garcia’s Attorneys Say He Faced Beatings and ‘Psychological Torture’ in El Salvador Prison

Attorneys representing Kilmar Abrego Garcia, an immigrant whom the Trump administration wrongly sent to El Salvador's infamous Terrorism Confinement Center (CECOT), are alleging that he and other detainees at the site were subjected to physical...

Textron’s drone boat joins anti-drug ops in El Salvador

Textron Systems recently showcased its TSUNAMI unmanned surface vessel during the Hybrid Fleet Campaign Event FLEX25 in El Salvador. The demonstration, organized in cooperation with U.S. Southern Command (SOUTHCOM) and the El Salvadorian Navy,...

Denied toilet access, made to kneel overnight: US deportee says he was tortured in El Salvador prison

Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia was supposed to be safe. In 2019, a US immigration judge ruled that the 29-year-old Salvadoran could not be deported to his home country, citing credible fears that local gangs there would persecute him and his family....