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El Salvador’s Government Accused Of Making Deals With Gangs, But Officials Claim Evidence Is Faked

El Salvador’s Government Accused Of Making Deals With Gangs, But Officials Claim Evidence Is Faked

The Central American nation of El Salvador is dealing with public outcry after leaked documents published last month suggested that the government had secretly been making deals with notorious gangs in exchange for support in the upcoming elections. Officials have denied that such closed-door communications occurred, though the press insists that the story is true. […]

4y ago

El Salvador President Nayib Bukele Takes Blame For Drowned Father And Daughter Migrants

El Salvador President Nayib Bukele Takes Blame For Drowned Father And Daughter Migrants

As the bodies of a migrant Salvadoran man and his daughter who drowned attempting to cross the Rio Grande are being laid to rest, El Salvador President Nayib Bukele said that his country is to blame. Friends, relatives and other well-wishers, including Salvadoran Interior Minister Mario Durán, carried flowers to the burial site at La […]

5y ago

What The Upset Populist Victory In El Salvador Means For The U.S. And Immigration

What The Upset Populist Victory In El Salvador Means For The U.S. And Immigration

Most leaders in Central and South America generally evoke one of two stereotypes: either the right wing military man or the socialist firebrand. However, El Salvador recently elected neither. Instead, the small Central American country elected a 37-year-old millennial who accepted the presidency wearing blue jeans and a leather jacket, per The Brookings Institute. The […]

5y ago

Transgender Woman Slain In El Salvador After Deportation From U.S., Officials Didn’t Believe She Was In Danger

Transgender Woman Slain In El Salvador After Deportation From U.S., Officials Didn’t Believe She Was In Danger

A transgender woman, who was deported from the United States and sent back to her native El Salvador, was murdered shortly after arriving, a killing that has attracted worldwide attention and criticism for U.S. officials for not heeding the woman’s plea for help. A trans advocacy group in El Salvador announced that the woman, known […]

5y ago

A New Caravan Is Headed To The U.S. From El Salvador

A New Caravan Is Headed To The U.S. From El Salvador

At least 5,000 immigrants from Honduras are already in Mexico and on their way to the U.S. Now, another caravan is forming in El Salvador with plans to cross into U.S. soil. The caravan, which already contains hundreds, is expected to depart on its long journey next week, NBC News reports. The new caravan from […]

6y ago

White House Announces End To Special Protections For Salvadoran Immigrants

White House Announces End To Special Protections For Salvadoran Immigrants

The Trump administration has announced the termination of the temporary protected status (TPS) of around 200,000 Salvadorans, forcing them to leave the country by 2019 or face deportation. Approximately 200,000 Salvadorans were allowed to live in the United States following a series of earthquakes in El Salvador in 2001. The termination of the Salvadorans’ temporary […]

6y ago

MS-13 Gang Confessions: Grisly Murders And Violence Revealed In A Nationwide Crackdown

MS-13 Gang Confessions: Grisly Murders And Violence Revealed In A Nationwide Crackdown

MS-13 or Mara Salvatrucha, an El-Salvador-based gang often linked to murder and violent crime, has flourished in the United States for decades. The MS-13 gang has a strong presence in California, New York, Florida, Washington DC, Maryland, North Carolina, and many major American cities, as well as Honduras, El Salvador, Mexico, and Guatemala. Fortunes are […]

7y ago

MS-13: Sweeps In Southern Ohio District Lead To Many Arrests Of Suspected Members Of Brutal Immigrant Gang

MS-13: Sweeps In Southern Ohio District Lead To Many Arrests Of Suspected Members Of Brutal Immigrant Gang

MS-13 gang members now appear active, possibly embedded, far from states along the United States border with Mexico. The latest round of gang sweeps to net suspected members of the brutal Mara Salvatrucha resulted in 13 arrests in Ohio and Indiana, according to the U.S. attorney for the Southern District of the Buckeye State. “Before […]

7y ago

Jill Duggar Won’t Risk Baby Miscarriage In El Salvador With Husband Derick Dillard, Uses Instagram For Mission

Jill Duggar Won’t Risk Baby Miscarriage In El Salvador With Husband Derick Dillard, Uses Instagram For Mission

Jill Duggar and her husband Derick Dillard are very committed to their mission, but that does not mean that they will risk baby miscarriage to do the work! The recently married couple is spending significant amounts of time in Central America, in countries like El Salvador, where they are spreading the word of the Bible, […]

7y ago

How A Case Of Mistaken Identity Left A Man Dead In El Salvador’s Brutal Prisons

How A Case Of Mistaken Identity Left A Man Dead In El Salvador’s Brutal Prisons

Jorge Alberto Martínez Chávez was an innocent man, yet he died in El Salvador because police, prosecutors, and a judge mistook him for a different Jorge Alberto Martínez Chávez. He should never have been in the prison system in the first place, but he was mistaken for another man of the same name who had […]

7y ago

El Salvador, Nicaragua Earthquake: Coastal Evacuation Order Lifted [Updated]

El Salvador, Nicaragua Earthquake: Coastal Evacuation Order Lifted [Updated]

Update 4:10 p.m. ET: The PTWC is now reporting that the tsunami threat has passed. The organization advises that “minor sea level fluctuations” might be observed along the Pacific coast of Central America for the next several hours. Original Article: The U.S. Geological Survey is reporting that a magnitude-7.0 earthquake has struck 153 km southwest […]

8y ago

Jill Duggar Homesick But Derick DIllard Continues Missions In Central America?

Jill Duggar Homesick But Derick DIllard Continues Missions In Central America?

The last three posts Jill Duggar made on her Instagram has been about her family back in the United States. It’s no wonder that Jill and Jessa: Counting On star is feeling a bit homesick as she is continuing her missions in El Salvador with her husband, Derick Dillard. But it looks like he is […]

8y ago

Jill Duggar And Derick Dillard Are ‘Thrilled’ To Share The Gospel In Public Schools, Reveal When They’re Returning Home

Jill Duggar And Derick Dillard Are ‘Thrilled’ To Share The Gospel In Public Schools, Reveal When They’re Returning Home

Jill Duggar and Derick Dillard have revealed when they are returning home to Arkansas to visit their families, and they’re excited about coming home for a few weeks. However, there’s an aspect of living in El Salvador that the missionary couple will miss while they “continue to work in ministry” during their time back home. […]

8y ago

El Salvadoran Woman Imprisoned For Miscarriage Released

El Salvadoran Woman Imprisoned For Miscarriage Released

A woman who was imprisoned for four years under El Salvador’s anti-abortion laws has been released today, says Amnesty International. María Teresa Rivera, 33, was released from prison when a judge ruled that there had not been sufficient evidence to convict her of the charges against her, and because she was suffering from serious health […]

8y ago

Mystery Fireball Turns Sky Blood Red Over El Salvador, Sparks Panic And Fears Of The Apocalypse

Mystery Fireball Turns Sky Blood Red Over El Salvador, Sparks Panic And Fears Of The Apocalypse

Thousands were thrown into a state of panic in the tiny Central American nation of El Salvador on Sunday, April 17, 2016, when a huge fireball that appeared suddenly over the city of Chalchuapa in the Santa Ana department of the country, turned the night sky blood red. There was pandemonium when the skies turned […]

8y ago

Former El Salvador Soccer Star Alfredo Pacheco Killed

Former El Salvador Soccer Star Alfredo Pacheco Killed

Former El Salvador soccer player Alfredo Pacheco was shot dead on Sunday, the Salvadorian attorney general’s office has confirmed. Reuters reports that the 33-year-old was found dead at a petrol station in Santa Ana, about 47 miles west of the capital, San Salvador, after an unknown assailant opened fire on the retired international and a […]

9y ago

El Salvador Witness Films Mysterious Orb UFO In The Sky [Video]

El Salvador Witness Films Mysterious Orb UFO In The Sky [Video]

A resident of Santa Tecla, a municipality in the La Libertad department of El Salvador, reports sighting and filming a UFO sphere flying in the sky over the city. According to the witness in his testimony filed as Case 61227 in the Mutual UFO Network (MUFON) database, he was outside on October 29, 2014 at […]

9y ago

Jill Duggar And Derick Dillard Accused Of Scamming Fans, Jill Begs Fans To Visit Website

Jill Duggar And Derick Dillard Accused Of Scamming Fans, Jill Begs Fans To Visit Website

Unfortunately for Jill Duggar and Derick Dillard, some of their fans aren’t exactly worshiping the ground they walk on anymore. The couple’s trip back home for “rebel” cousin Amy’s weekend wedding made some of these fans start questioning the way missionaries are spending the generous donations to their family ministry. Jill Duggar’s ploy to steal […]

9y ago

Jill Duggar Shows Off Derick Dillard’s Acting Skills During Mission Trip [Video]

Jill Duggar Shows Off Derick Dillard’s Acting Skills During Mission Trip [Video]

Jill Duggar’s husband, Derick Dillard, is officially an actor! However, the former 19 Kids and Counting star isn’t trading reality TV for a scripted show. Instead, the theist thespian is entertaining Central Americans by performing religious skits. Jill and Derick are still on their extended stay mission trip in El Salvador, and they’re using these […]

9y ago

Jill Duggar/Dillard Moving To Honduras? Ministry Purchases Home To Expand Mission Work

Jill Duggar/Dillard Moving To Honduras? Ministry Purchases Home To Expand Mission Work

Jill Dillard and husband Derick have finally shared on update on their missionary work in Central America. The Dillard family took to their blog to disclose some of the work they have been doing over the past month. The Dillards revealed that they would be attending a Spanish language school over the next month before […]

9y ago

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