The president of El Salvador, Nayib Bukele, declared himself the winner of a second five-year term in office on Sunday with an overwhelming 85 percent of the vote, declaring the nationâs opposition âpulverizedâ and El Salvador the worldâs first democratic one-party system. Bukele was first elected the presidency in 2019 under the New Ideas party
Nayib Bukele Declares One-Party Rule, Opposition ‘Pulverized’ in El Salvador Presidential Election
April 6, 2024 by
Maryland teen rape suspect is illegal immigrant from El Salvador: ICE
July 25, 2023 by
The suspect who is accused of raping a 15-year-old girl and a woman on a Maryland hiking trail is in the U.S. illegally, according to officials. Jose Roberto Hernandez-Espinal, 20, was arrested for allegedly raping a woman and stealing jewelry at Burnt Mills East Special Park in Silver Spring on Tuesday. Officials told FOX 5 […]
El Salvador Debuts ‘Mega Prison’ for Thousands of Suspected Gang Members
March 2, 2023 by
El Salvador on Friday moved the first 2,000 inmates to the new Center for the Confinement of Terrorism (CECOT), a 40,000-bed âmega prisonâ larger than all 20 of the countryâs existing prisons combined. Over 64,000 suspects have been arrested in President Nayib Bukeleâs crackdown on gang violence. Bukele posted photos and video of the prison
Brutal MS-13 Murder Suspects Were Unaccompanied Minors from El Salvador.
June 30, 2018 by
A pair of teenage brothers charged in the stabbing death of a 19-year-old in Maryland are nationals of El Salvador who arrived in the U.S. as unaccompanied minors, The Daily Caller News Foundation has learned. Lenin Mancias-Callejas and Bryan Mancias-Callejas, both 16, were arrested and charged Wednesday with first-degree murder in the killing of Herson […]