El Salvador’s La Esperanza prison, once controlled by gangs, has been transformed under President Nayib Bukele’s crackdown ...

In 2021, President Bukele initiated a sweeping crackdown on gangs and crime. In a matter of weeks, 87,000 people were ...

El Salvador President Nayib Bukele visited the White House, Monday, marking the first visit by a Latin American head of state during Trump’s second term. The presidents were joined by cabinet members ...

Last month, Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a 29-year-old Maryland father, was arrested in the U.S. and deported to El Salvador along with hundreds of other men who are accused of being gang members. Two weeks ...

El Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele told President Donald Trump in the Oval Office on Monday that he has 350 million Americans to "liberate" by ending crime and terrorism in the United States. "We ...

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SAN JOSE, Costa Rica — Costa Rican President Rodrigo Chaves took another step in his shift toward a tough-on-crime stance, announcing plans to build a new prison in the Central American nation modeled ...

In an X post, Bukele challenged the view that imprisonment fails to curb crime. “A strong police force and a tough, well-managed prison system are the necessary first steps in transforming a hellscape ...

El Salvador's President Nayib Bukele says he won't return Kilmar Abrego Garcia to the United States, after Attorney General Pam Bondi told reporters it's "up to El Salvador" whether the man mistakenly ...

ICE arrested Cristian Alberto Rivas-Escalante, 29, in Marco Island, Florida, on June 11. Rivas-Escalante, an alleged associate of the 18th Street Gang, had a warrant for his arrest in El Salvador. He ...