In El Salvador, thousands of innocent people have been locked up in Nayib Bukele’s crackdown on gangs. But family members are ...

El Salvador's dramatic drop in homicides, from one of the world's highest to rates lower than Canada’s, has sparked regional admiration—but efforts to replicate its success have largely failed.

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TECOLUCA, El Salvador — Costa Rica's security minister toured El Salvador's maximum-security gang prison on Friday as part of his review of the measures that El Salvador has taken to reduce ...

Costa Rica Looks to El Salvador's Gang Crackdown for Path to Stopping Violence TECOLUCA, El Salvador (AP) — Costa Rica's security minister toured El Salvador's maximum-security gang prison on ...

TECOLUCA, El Salvador (AP) — Costa Rica’s security minister toured El Salvador’s maximum-security gang prison on Friday as part of his review of the measures that El Salvador has taken to ...

El Salvador has lived under a state of emergency that suspends fundamental rights like access to a lawyer. Some 84,000 people have been arrested, accused of gang ties. Homicides have plummeted in ...

El Salvador's new gang prison, where inmates are held in large cells and never allowed outside, has gained more attention in recent weeks after the U.S. government sent nearly 300 migrants ...