To secure U.S. access to President Nayib Bukele’s notorious CECOT prison, Rubio agreed to turn over several MS-13 leaders ...

Secretary of State Marco Rubio agreed to return several MS-13 gang leaders protected under U.S. informant programs to El ...

President Nayib Bukele of El Salvador has shifted focus from tackling gangs to addressing the country's stray cat and dog ...

Some of these gang leaders have personal knowledge of an alleged deal between the Bukele government and MS-13 to tamp down ...

After drubbing El Salvador’s gangs during a more than three-year state of emergency, President Nayib Bukele turned this month ...

The Trump administration promised to transfer key MS-13 leaders who were acting as informants on the gang in March as part of ...

US agree to send informants to El Salvador, critics now question law enforcement credibility and ethical risks ...

Trump administration allegedly agreed to abandon confidential informants protected by US government in an effort to ink CECOT ...

Dozens of journalists and NGO members have been forced to leave El Salvador in recent months, fearing ongoing repression by President Nayib Bukele against his opponents.

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LGBTQ Nation spoke with Rainbow Railroad, an international not-for-profit organization that helps LGBTQ+ people escape ...