Marcos Aleman
Thursday, December 17, 2015 - 07:20
El Salvador's foreign minister expressed concern Wednesday over a recent spike in the number of unaccompanied minors crossing into the U.S. through Mexico. Hugo Martinez warned that if the root causes of migration don't change, there could be a repeat of the 2014 crisis when tens of thousands of children and families streamed over the border.
Wednesday, August 26, 2015 - 06:34
Salvadoran Attorney General Luis Martinez said Tuesday that authorities had captured a group of gang members who were preparing an attack with explosives on him and other government institutions.
Tuesday, August 25, 2015 - 06:39
El Salvador's supreme court declared the country's street gangs and those who finance them terrorist groups on Monday.The court said the well-known Marasalvatrucha or MS-13 gang and any other gang that attempts to claim powers that belong to the state would be considered terrorists. It defined terrorism as the organized and systematic exercise of violence.
Wednesday, June 3, 2015 - 07:30
El Salvador recorded a grisly milestone with 635 homicides in May, believed to be the most killings for a single month since the Central American nation's civil war ended in 1992.
Monday, September 8, 2014 - 07:13
The murder rate has climbed since the truce unraveled in late 2013. Last month, the average was up to 10 a day compared to six during the truce.
Tuesday, June 3, 2014 - 07:24
Salvador Sanchez Ceren, 69, began his five-year term promising "honor, austerity, efficiency and transparency" at the inauguration ceremony attended by 13 heads of state or government.
Monday, April 28, 2014 - 08:03
Army recruiters recently detained 26 gang members who tried to join the military. They told authorities that joining the army was part of a plan to get military training and then steal military uniforms and weapons
Monday, February 3, 2014 - 00:00
El Salvador and Costa Rica held presidential elections Sunday widely viewed as referendums on political stagnation.
Friday, May 17, 2013 - 00:00
El Salvador's Supreme Court heard opening arguments Wednesday in a landmark abortion case in which a woman suffering from kidney failure and lupus has not been allowed to terminate a pregnancy in which the fetus is given no chance of surviving.
Monday, March 25, 2013 - 00:00
Salvadorans marched through the streets of San Salvador on Palm Sunday to honor the slain Archbishop Oscar Arnulfo Romero and express hope the new Pope Francis will advance him along the path to sainthood.