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El Salvador bets safety on incarceration; unveils new prison
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 1 year agoWhen El Salvador began making mass arrests of people with suspected gang affiliations last year,...
Prison deaths mount in El Salvador's gang crackdown
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 2 years agoJesús Joya says his brother was “special” -- at 45, he was childlike, eager to please. “Henry, you’re going to get out,” Jesús shouted. Three weeks...
Thousands of tattooed inmates transferred to El Salvador ‘mega-prison’ in gang crackdown
The Independent via Yahoo News· 1 year agoOfficials in El Salvador have released footage showing tattooed and shaven inmates being transferred...
At least 241 people have died in El Salvador's prisons during the 'war on gangs,' rights group says
Associated Press via AOL· 1 month agoAt least 241 people have died in El Salvador prisons since the start of President Nayib Bukele's...
El Salvador opens 40,000-person prison as arrests soar in gang crackdown
Reuters via Yahoo News· 1 year agoAuthorities in El Salvador have opened one of Latin America's largest prisons, more than doubling...
El Salvador's Bukele releases father of soccer player from prison after son's plea on social media
Associated Press via AOL· 1 month agoEl Salvador's President Nayib Bukele released the father of a Salvadoran soccer player from prison...
El Salvador: 2,000 more to prison, vows will 'never return'
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 1 year agoEl Salvador’s government sent 2,000 more suspects to a huge new prison built especially for gang...
As El Salvador's president tries to silence free press, journalist brothers expose his ties to...
LA Times via Yahoo News· 2 years agoJournalists in El Salvador who write about gangs can now be sent to prison. Two brothers defy the...
They left gangs and found God. But they weren't spared in El Salvador's crackdown
LA Times via Yahoo News· 1 year agoEl Salvador's evangelical churches rehabilitated ex-gang members. The country's crackdown on...
A mistake sent an asylum seeker to El Salvador. Then he was tortured, a lawsuit claims
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 2 years agoPROVIDENCE, R.I. — José Daniel Guerra-Castañeda struggles to talk about the trauma that has...