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Lawyers Say Defending Suspected Gang Members in El Salvador's Mass Trials Is 'Impossible'

Lawyers claim they're often denied access to complete case files, receive details of the charges only days before trial and have been unable to challenge police records used as key evidence

Latin Times

Farage's Prisoner Deportation Plan Has One Big Problem: He Can't Negotiate the Deal

Nigel Farage proposes deporting foreign prisoners to El Salvador, despite lacking legal authority. His resignation as MP triggered a by-election, with Count Binface emerging as a surprising contender.

International Business Times UK

Did the BBC really just listen to Zack Polanski and adjust its Reform coverage?

ON Monday, Reform UK held a press conference to say they will deport prisoners to El Salvador and open pop-up prisons in "very out of the way…

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Reform pledge to 'deport 10k prisoners to El Salvador' and open pop-up jails

REFORM UK have claimed they are in talks with the country of El Salvador about a deal to “deport all foreign nationals” from UK jails ...

The National (Scotland)

Farage unveils radical plan to deport foreign criminals to El Salvador

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The Independent UK

Reform ‘financing brutality with UK taxpayer money’ with pledge to deport foreign criminals to El Salvador

Reform UK leader Nigel Farage has opened talks with the government of El Salvador on potentially renting prison spaces

The Independent UK

What Is Special About El Salvador's Mega Prison? Farage Begins Talks of Sending Foreign Lags to the Facility

Nigel Farage and Reform UK are considering deporting 10,000 foreign inmates to El Salvador's mega prison to address UK prison overcrowding, amidst controversy over the facility's conditions.

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Man from El Salvador dies in immigration jail in New Jersey, ICE officials say

People held at the Newark facility have asked for improved living conditions and better medical care, as they say some are being denied medication.

Euronews

‘The number of remains is difficult to determine’: civil war death site dug up for landfill in El Salvador

Despite a 2018 ruling to stop waste being dumped where civilians were executed in the country’s civil war, diggers are working at what campaigners call a place where ‘human life, biodiversity and the environment will be sacrificed’

The Guardian - UK

How Latin America’s right use humour – and why it has deep historical roots

Humour plays a key role in the political communication of rightwing populist leaders in Latin America. Politicians including Javier Milei in Argentina, Nayib Bukele in El Salvador and Jair Bolsonaro in Brazil have all used humour to engage with and solidify their support base, normalise extreme ideologies and deflect criticism.

The Conversation

Buried for over 3,000 years: Why this mysterious human skull and turtle-shaped artifact have archaeologists excited about a forgotten civilization

Archaeologists in El Salvador have uncovered a mysterious face-down human skull believed to more than 3000 years old at a burial site dating to around 850 B.C. DNA and radiocarbon testing could reveal whether this is one of the oldest known pre-Hispanic burials in Mesoamerica, the Ministry said in a…

The Economic Times

Venezuelan Men Sue ICE Flight Contractors, Alleging They Helped Send Them to Torture in El Salvador's CECOT Prison

A group of Venezuelan men who were deported from the United States to El Salvador's notorious CECOT maximum-security prison have filed a proposed class-action lawsuit against two U.S. aviation companies, alleging the carriers knowingly participated in unlawful deportation flights that resulted in months of arbitrary detention and torture.

Latin Times

Venezuelan men sue aviation firms who flew them to notorious Salvadorian jail

Exclusive: CSI Aviation and GlobalX accused of violating civil rights as part of Trump immigration crackdown

The Guardian - US

Archaeologists find 2,800-year-old burial of person clutching sea turtle vessel in El Salvador

An unusual 2,800-year-old Mesoamerican burial found in El Salvador included a face-down skeleton clutching a sea turtle vessel.

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The Economic Times

US judge blocks Trump administration from stripping immigrants of work permits

A federal judge has temporarily blocked a Trump administration policy. This policy aimed to restrict work authorization for immigrants with Temporary Protected Status. The ruling protects tens of thousands of individuals from losing their livelihoods. The judge will decide on a longer-term pause by August 5. USCIS cannot strip people…

The Economic Times

A 7.3 earthquake hits Mexico-Guatemala border with no immediate damage reported

A strong 7.3 magnitude earthquake shook Mexico's southern Pacific coast near Guatemala on Friday. The tremor was felt widely across Mexico City and El Salvador, causing some alarm. Authorities reported two minor injuries in southern Mexico and no significant damage in any country. Guatemalan residents evacuated buildings as the quake…

France 24

Magnitude 7.3 quake hits Mexican coast near Guatemala, tsunami alert lifted

A powerful earthquake struck the southern Mexican Pacific coast on Friday, prompting residents to evacuate buildings in neighbouring Guatemala and El Salvador – and triggering an alert from the US Tsunami Warning System that was later lifted. There were no immediate reports of damage or casualties.

The Independent UK

Mexico earthquake: Tsunami threat lifted after 7.3 magnitude quake off Mexican coast

The tremor was felt in Guatamala and El Salvador

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The Independent UK

A mass trial of MS-13 gang members in El Salvador wraps up in El Salvador

A mass trial of hundreds of alleged MS-13 gang members has wrapped up in El Salvador with prosecutors delivering their closing arguments

Latin Times

Bukele Clears the Last Hurdle to a Third Term as His Party Anoints Him for 2027

Bukele's party made his 2027 candidacy official, capping a legal overhaul that erased term limits and cleared his path to 2033.

France 24

Deschamps says France 'devastated' by defeat, questions referee

France coach Didier Deschamps said his players were left "devastated" by their World Cup semi-final defeat to Spain on Tuesday before aiming a barb at match referee Ivan Barton from El Salvador.

The Independent UK

Who is Ivan Barton? France v Spain referee for World Cup semi-final

The Salvadoran official has earned a prestige appointment in Dallas

The Guardian - UK

First came the dead fish, then invasive plants. A year later and Lake Suchitlán’s pollution remains a mystery

Fishers on El Salvador’s largest lake are still looking for answers after the die-off, with no explanation provided by the government

Latin Times

A Voice Beneath the Concrete: How a 60-Year-Old, Belkys Barreto, Survived 86 Hours in Venezuela's Rubble

Salvadoran rescuers pulled Belkys Barreto, 60, alive after 86 hours under Venezuela's quake rubble — a rescue Bukele shared with the world.

The Economic Times

Venezuela earthquake toll hits 1,430, close to 69,000 people still missing, tension rises over 'inadequate response' by government as rescue teams running out of time to save lives, claim reports

Venezuela earthquake toll latest update: Search teams and foreign aid continued to arrive from Mexico, the U.S., Brazil, El Salvador, France and elsewhere.

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