EL SALVADOR VIOLENCE
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Crime & Justice
Kin of detainees call for end to El Salvador state of emergency
San Salvador, Aug 16 (EFE).- Family members of individuals detained since a state of emergency was first declared in late…
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Crime & Justice
Salvadorans demand release of people jailed under state of emergency
San Salvador, Aug 9 (EFE).- Relatives of some of the 49,000 people detained over the last four months under the…
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Crime & Justice
Kin of Salvadoran detainees vow to hold gov’t responsible
San Salvador, Jul 19 (EFE).- Around 200 family members of some of the tens of thousands of people taken into…
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Politics
Amnesty International concerned about “dismantling” of Salvadoran state
By Hugo Sanchez San Salvador, Jun 5 (EFE).- Amnesty International views with concern the possibility that the “exceptional regime” implemented…
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Crime & Justice
Waiting, sleeping outside an El Salvador prison
By Sara Acosta San Salvador, May 24 (EFE).- A group of women with a months-old baby is using plastic to…
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Crime & Justice
Families urge El Salvador’s high court to free jailed loved ones
San Salvador, May 5 (EFE).- A group of Salvadorans gathered here Thursday outside the Supreme Court building in a bid…
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Crime & Justice
Salvadoran government responds to gangs’ challenge with massive arrests
San Salvador, Mar 28 (EFE).- Salvadoran authorities have launched massive raids to capture huge numbers of gang members in response…
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Crime & Justice
Salvadoran AG: Avoid violence after shootout kills 2 opposition members
San Salvador, Feb 1 (efe-epa).- Salvadoran Attorney General Raul Melara said Monday that the investigation into the armed attack on…
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Crime & Justice
Gangs show muscle, disrupting authorities’ fight vs. COVID-19 in El Salvador
By Hugo Sanchez San Salvador, Apr 27 (efe-epa).- Salvadoran gangs on the weekend put the fight against Covid-19 and the…
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