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Inmates Building Schools, Hospitals, Crops, Art, Music and more: El Salvador’s Unique Reintegration Plan.
President Nayib Bukele and the Director of Prisons, Osiris Luna, have released a new video on social media highlighting the strength and organizational discipline of El Salvador’s prison system, marking another milestone of the country’s ongoing...

President of El Salvador denies claims that Kilmar Abrego Garcia was beaten in prison
El Salvador President Nayib Bukele is denying claims that Kilmar Abrego Garcia was beaten and tortured after he was deported from the U.S. to a Salvadoran prison. After his return to the U.S., Abrego Garcia claimed that he faced "severe...

Three men given 30-year jail sentences for 1982 Dutch journalist killings in El Salvador
Three men who were found guilty of murdering four Dutch journalists in 1982 in El Salvador have been sentenced to 30 years in prison. The former high-ranking military officials were sentenced to up to 15 years in prison in June. In the written...

El Salvador president denies that Abrego Garcia was tortured in prison
By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) -El Salvador President Nayib Bukele on Thursday denied accusations that Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the migrant returned to the U.S. in early June after being wrongfully deported to his native El Salvador, was...

El Salvador’s president disputes claims Abrego Garcia was tortured in notorious prison
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El Salvador president denies beating and torture of Kilmar Abrego Garcia in prison
MEXICO CITY — El Salvador President Nayib Bukele cast aside allegations that Kilmar Abrego Garcia was beaten and subject to psychological torture in a Salvadoran prison on Thursday. In a post on the social media platform X, Bukele wrote that...

El Salvador President Bukele denies beating and torture of Kilmar Abrego Garcia in prison
MEXICO CITY (AP) — El Salvador President Nayib Bukele cast aside allegations that Kilmar Abrego Garcia was beaten and subject to psychological torture in a Salvadoran prison on Thursday. In a post on the social media platform X, Bukele wrote that...

El Salvador, Italy inaugurates 'Planes' project
Officially inaugurated at the National Palace was the project "PLANES - Recovery and Enhancement of the Historic Centers of San Miguel and San Salvador," an integrated strategic planning and sociocultural dynamization initiative promoted to...

El Salvador President Bukele says Kilmar Abrego Garcia was not tortured or beaten in prison
Open this photo in gallery:A protester holds a photo of Kilmar Abrego Garcia in New York on April 24. Abrego Garcia was living in Maryland when he was mistakenly deported and became a flashpoint in U.S. President Donald Trump’s immigration...

El Salvador’s Tourism Sector Grows 81% Between 2019 and 2024, Strengthening Its Role in National Development.
El Salvador’s tourism sector has experienced remarkable growth over the past five years, registering an 81% increase between 2019 and 2024, according to María Luisa Hayem, Minister of Economy. The data confirms tourism as one of the most dynamic...

El Salvador Turns Recovered Gang Properties into Affordable Homes in Record-Breaking 2025 Housing Push.
El Salvador’s Social Housing Fund (FSV) has invested $960.47 million since 2019 to improve housing conditions for over 178,000 people. Under President Nayib Bukele’s leadership, 42,822 homes have been deeded, with 3,013 of those in 2025 alone. Al...

El Salvador Sets New Standard in Regional Security With Record Peace Levels.
El Salvador continues to see significant strides in public safety, registering five consecutive days without homicides and achieving a total of 148 homicide-free days from January 1 to June 30, 2025. This data, corroborated by the National Civil...

Abrego Garcia's Lawyers Claimed He Was Tortured and Starved, Then El Salvador Released the Tape
By Bonchie | 11:00 AM on July 04, 2025 The opinions expressed by contributors are their own and do not necessarily represent the views of RedState.com. Infamous illegal alien and accused domestic abuser Kilmar Abrego Garcia is back in the news...

Tecoluca (SV-1831) – Brutality Exposed: Maryland Man Tortured in El Salvador Mega-Prison – LIVE UPDATES
CECOT Mega-Prison, Tecoluca (SV-1831) – Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a Maryland resident deported under controversial U.S. immigration policies, has come forward with harrowing allegations of torture and abuse inside El Salvador’s notorious CECOT...

Abrego Garcia's El Salvador Prison Sob Story Has Quickly Imploded
Democrats have abandoned this man for obvious reasons: he’s a narrative trainwreck. No one cares that an MS-13 gangbanger who was accused of human trafficking got deported to El Salvador, his home country. It’s not about due process or the rule of...

Kilmar Abrego Garcia's Lawyers Say He was Tortured and Starved in El Salvador - Prison Videos Refute
Deported illegal alien Kilmar Abrego Garcia is back in the United States awaiting trial for allegedly trafficking fellow illegal aliens across the country. Garcia was imprisoned in his native El Salvador before being recalled to the U.S. His...

Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s Lawyers Say He Was ‘Threatened and Tortured’ in El Salvador Prison After Mistaken Deportation
Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the Maryland man whose mistaken deportation in March became a flashpoint in tensions over the Trump Administration’s hardline immigration policy, was “threatened and tortured” in a notorious El Salvadoran prison, his lawyers...

World Reuters El Salvador president denies that Abrego Garcia was tortured in prison
By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) -El Salvador President Nayib Bukele on Thursday denied accusations that Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the migrant returned to the U.S. in early June after being wrongfully deported to his native El Salvador, was...

Bukele rechaza las acusaciones de tortura durante la detención de Kilmar Ábrego García en El Salvador
CNN Español El presidente de El Salvador, Nayib Bukele, rechazó el jueves las acusaciones de que Kilmar Ábrego García fue torturado o maltratado durante el tiempo que estuvo detenido en el país centroamericano, entre el 15 de marzo y el 6 de...
Salvadoran ex-army officers handed 60 years over Dutch journalists killings
A court in El Salvador has sentenced three former military commanders to 60 years for the killings of four Dutch journalists in 1982 during the Central American country’s civil war. Journalists Koos Koster, Jan Kuiper, Hans ter Laag and Joop...