SAN SALVADOR (Reuters) -El Salvador's President Nayib Bukele on Thursday swore in Karla Trigueros, a captain with the Central American nation's armed forces, as education minister. "If we want to ...

El Salvador plans to hold around 600 mass trials for the tens of thousands suspected gang members who have been detained without charges in the country since 2022, the Central American country's ...

In July 2023, El Salvador's Congress approved group trials for the tens of thousands of people arrested during President Nayib Bukele's crackdown on criminal gangs, which has given the country one of ...

The Central American country's new maximum-security prison will house 5,100 inmates who are linked to drug trafficking and ...

Costa Rica advances plans for a $35M maximum-security prison holding 5,100 inmates, drawing from El Salvador's CECOT to ...

A man charged with capital murder in connection with a fatal shooting outside a Springdale nightclub in 2022 likely won't ...

On Sept. 23, Hernandez was booked into sheriff’s custody after he was brought back to San Diego to face charges in connection ...

The State Department’s new reports whitewash the records of some of the world’s most notorious nations and targets Trump’s ...

José Manuel Ramos Bastidas left Venezuela to earn money for his sick baby, used the legal CBP One app to seek asylum, and was ...

By bnl editorial staff Costa Rica's decision to construct a mega-prison modelled on El Salvador's controversial Cecot ...

Costa Rica will begin construction this year on a new maximum-security prison inspired by the El Salvador mega-prison at the center of that country's crackdown on crime, Costa Rica's Justice Minister ...

The 13th edition of the Gabo Festival highlighted some of the most urgent challenges facing journalism today, particularly in ...