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El Salvador
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Capital
San Salvador
Head of State
President Nayib Bukele
Head of Government
President Nayib Bukele
Kilmar Abrego Garcia, who was deported to El Salvador and imprisoned in March before being returned to the United States. Photo: Abrego Garcia family via Reuters
US immigration

US will try to deport Kilmar Abrego Garcia to ‘third country’ before trial

Justice Department lawyer reveals plan to expel El Salvadoran man, who is at the centre of a lawsuit over deportation.

France

El Salvador takes swipe at Paris fashion show over tribute to mega-prison

US immigration

Supreme Court allows swift deportation of migrants away from home countries

US immigration

US considers adding 36 countries to travel ban, memo says

State Department memo reveals potential expansion targeting nations failing on security benchmarks and cooperation.

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Earlier this month, Donald Trump signed a proclamation that banned the entry of citizens from 12 countries. Photo: TNS
United States

Mistakenly deported man Kilmar Abrego Garcia returns to the US to face charges

The case became a lightning rod for criticism of Trump’s immigration policies after Abrego Garcia was wrongly sent to El Salvador.

Americas and the Caribbean

El Salvador convicts ex-military for 1982 killings of Dutch journalists

Former defence minister and two retired officers sentenced to 15 years in landmark ruling decades after civil war atrocity.

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United States

Judge challenges US deportation of Asians to conflict-plagued South Sudan

Judge says US officials must keep control of migrants sent to African nation in case removals are unlawful.

Migrants being deported at Fort Bliss, Texas, in February. File photo: US Department of Defence via AFP
Human rights

El Salvador arrests human rights lawyer helping deported migrants

Rights groups said the arrest reflected a trend of growing authoritarianism under President Bukele, a Trump ally.

Americas and the Caribbean

2-year-old girl reunites with mother in Venezuela after US deportation

Maikelys Espinoza was separated from her parents when they were removed from the US in what Venezuela denounced as a kidnapping.

Religion

America’s first pope once leveled criticism at Trump and Vance. Maga is not amused

Robert Prevost - now Pope Leo - has proven unafraid to tackle prickly political issues on social media.

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Andrea Gallardo from Texas wears an American flag after Pope Leo appeared on the balcony of St Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican. Photo: AP
United States

US judge temporarily blocks deportation of Asian migrants to Libya

Sending deportees to Libya would mark a major escalation in the Trump administration’s efforts to offload unwanted migrants.

US Customs and Border Protection assisting with deportation of illegal aliens at Biggs Army Airfield, in Fort Bliss, Texas. File photo: US Army via AFP
Donald Trump

US judge bars Trump’s use of wartime law to deport Venezuelans

Ruling marks the biggest setback yet for Trump to deport suspected gang members under the rarely used Alien Enemies Act.

United States

El Salvadore’s Bukele suggests prisoner swap with Maduro for Venezuela deportees

Proposal comes as El Salvador has come under international scrutiny for accepting Venezuelans and Salvadorans deported by the US.

Donald Trump

Man wrongly deported from US says he’s been moved from El Salvador mega-prison

The update came from Senator Chris Van Hollen after he met Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the man at the centre of a debate on rights and immigration.

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US Senator Chris Van Hollen (right) meets Kilmar Abrego Garcia at a hotel in San Salvador on Thursday. Photo: X/nayibbukele via AFP
Donald Trump

Judge finds cause to hold Trump admin in contempt for El Salvador deportations

The administration did not turn around planes carrying deportees to a notorious prison despite an order from the court.

Salvadoran police officers escort an alleged member of the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua to be imprisoned in the Terrorism Confinement Centre in Tecoluca, El Salvador, in March. Photo: Secretaria de Prensa de la Presidencia via Reuters
Donald Trump

El Salvador’s Bukele says he will not return wrongly deported migrant to US

Trump administration has been ordered by a court to facilitate return of Kilmar Abrego Garcia after he was deported without due process.

United States

Supreme Court says Trump admin must help bring back man sent to El Salvador

Kilmar Abrego Garcia was deported and put in a notorious prison in his native country despite being in the US legally.

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United States

Man wrongly deported to El Salvador by US must stay for now, Supreme Court says

US district judge earlier had found US had no authority to detain and deport migrant who lived in Maryland legally and ordered his return.

A man identified by Jennifer Vasquez Sura as her husband, Kilmar Abrego Garcia, is led by force through the Terrorism Confinement Centre in Tecoluca, El Salvador, on Wednesday. Photo: US District Court for the District of Maryland via AP
United States

US deports man with legal status to El Salvador prison because of ‘error’

Government lawyers argue that despite the mistake, US courts did not have jurisdiction to secure Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s release.

United States

US homeland security chief warns migrants in visit to El Salvador mega-jail

Kristi Noem’s trip to CECOT comes as the Trump administration seeks to show it is deporting the ‘worst of the worst’.

Americas and the Caribbean

Venezuela to resume US deportation flights after citizens sent to El Salvador

Caracas is seeking the return of its ‘kidnapped’ citizens, who were moved to a Salvadorean high-security facility by Trump’s administration.

Venezuelan migrants deported from the US deplane at the Simon Bolivar International Airport in Maiquetia, Venezuela, in February. Photo: AP
Mexico

Mexico seeks to prevent US from deporting Mexicans to Guantanamo Bay

President Claudia Sheinbaum says Mexicans should be sent only to Mexico as US ramps up deportations.

Holding tents for detained migrants at the United States’ Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Photo: US Navy via Reuters
Donald Trump

US labels 8 drug cartels as terrorist groups as part of Trump border crackdown

The label is normally reserved for groups like al-Qaeda or Isis that use violence for political ends, not for money-focused crime rings.

Americas and the Caribbean

American prisoners could soon be bound for El Salvador’s jails

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Trump’s administration was ‘profoundly grateful’ for the ‘offer of friendship’ to house US prisoners.

US-China relations

Eyeing China, Rubio makes Central America his first trip as top US diplomat

Countering Beijing and ‘deepening economic partnerships’ to boost regional prosperity said to be on agenda in tour that starts in Panama.

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US Secretary of State Marco Rubio is a long-time China hawk who has a history of engaging leaders in Latin America. Photo: Reuters
Bitcoin

El Salvador’s President Bukele triumphant after his bet on bitcoin comes true

As bitcoin surpassed US$100,000 for first time, value of El Salvador government’s reported investment now stands at more than US$600 million.

El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele. Photo: AP
Art

Mural paintings make a bullet-scarred neighbourhood ‘proud’

Civil war and gang violence left a Central American neighbourhood scarred. Painting huge murals on housing blocks heralds a brighter future.

Americas and the Caribbean

El Salvador’s Bukele threatens to hit price gougers with anti-gang tactics

The self-styled ‘world’s coolest dictator’ warned that he was ‘not playing around’ and that he expected prices to come down ‘by tomorrow’.

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