Bryan Avelar
Thursday, October 20, 2016 - 07:00
A deputy with El Salvador's ruling FMLN party traveled to Washington, DC last month to intervene in the offices of Congress on behalf of José Luis Merino -- the party leader linked to a businessman facing corruption charges. Meanwhile, the US government has decided to support Salvadoran Attorney General Douglas Meléndez without objections: they have helped him present money laundering cases and they have offered to fund a special anti-impunity unit.
Tuesday, August 9, 2016 - 06:55
A massive roundup of high ranking MS13 gang members by El Salvador authorities targeting the financial structure of the gang also netted a self proclaimed activist and former gang member whose human rights work documenting alleged police abuses has many questioning the prosecution’s motives.
Thursday, August 4, 2016 - 06:37
A massive operation that has bared the finances of El Salvador’s MS13 gang offers compelling evidence to support of a long suspected theory: Government benefits extended the country’s gang leaders in connection with a 2012-2013 truce were used to strengthen their criminal organizations.