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FILE - Alleged gang members take part in a mass trial at the Terrorism Confinement Center (CECOT) in Tecoluca, El Salvador, April 23, 2026. (AP Photo/Salvador Melendez, File)

A mass trial of MS-13 gang members in El Salvador wraps up

Associated Press

FILE - President Donald Trump poses for a group photo with, from left, Paraguay President Santiago Peña, Dominican Republic President Luis Abinader, Bolivia President Rodrigo Paz Pereira, El Salvador President Nayib Bukele, and Argentina President Javier Milei, at the Shield of the Americas Summit at Trump National Doral Miami in Doral, Fla., March 7, 2026. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, File)

As crime surges in some Latin American countries, a far-right backlash is brewing

By Regina Garcia Cano and Isabel Debre - Associated Press

President of El Salvador, Nayib Armando Bukele Ortez, listens as President Donald Trump speaks during the National Prayer Breakfast, Feb. 5, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

U.S. deportations to El Salvador double as Bukele aligns himself with Trump agenda

By Marcos Alemán and Megan Janetsky - Associated Press

The Terrorism Confinement Center (CECOT) stands in Tecoluca, El Salvador, March 5, 2023. (AP Photo/Salvador Melendez, File)

Nearly 500 alleged MS-13 members in El Salvador face a sweeping mass trial

Associated Press

Prisoners sit in their cells at the mega prison known as Detention Center Against Terrorism (CECOT) in Tecololuca, El Salvador, Jan. 30, 2026. (AP Photo/Salvador Melendez, File)

El Salvador’s Bukele proposes life prison sentences in nation that has imprisoned 1% of population

Associated Press

Chile's President-elect Jose Antonio Kast, center, is given a tour of the mega prison known as Detention Center Against Terrorism (CECOT) in Tecololuca, El Salvador, Friday, Jan. 30, 2026. (AP Photo/Salvador Melendez)

Chile’s far-right president-elect visits El Salvador mega-prison, plans to talk security with Bukele

By Marcos Alemán - Associated Press

El Salvador's President Nayib Bukele arrives at the National Theater to deliver his annual address to Congress in San Salvador, El Salvador, Sunday, June 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Salvador Melendez)

With Trump as ally, El Salvador’s President ramps up crackdown on dissent

By Megan Janetsky and Marcos Alemán - Associated Press

Alejandro Henriquez, left, and Jose Angel Perez, second from right, speak with their lawyers prior to their first court hearing in Santa Tecla, El Salvador, Friday, May 30, 2025. The National Civil Police arrested them for protesting near the presidential residence. (AP Photo/Salvador Melendez)

A lawyer’s prolonged detention shows how El Salvador’s gang emergency extends to common crimes

By Yolanda Magaña - Associated Press

Maryland Sen. Chris Van Hollen speaks to the press in La Libertad, El Salvador, where he arrived regarding Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a Salvadoran citizen who was living in Maryland and deported to El Salvador by the Trump administration, Wednesday, April 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Salvador Melendez)

Sen. Van Hollen travels to El Salvador to demand return of deported MS-13 suspect

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

In this undated photo provided by the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland, a man identified by Jennifer Vasquez Sura as her husband, Kilmar Abrego-Garcia, is led by force by guards through the Terrorism Confinement Center in Tecoluca, El Salvador. (U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland via AP) **FILE**

Judge fires back at Trump, Bukele as Democrats turn MS-13 gang suspect into new crusade

By Stephen Dinan and Kerry Picket - The Washington Times

President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with El Salvador's President Nayib Bukele, left, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Monday, April 14, 2025. (Pool via AP)

Bukele’s lessons in defeating crime

By Editorial Board - The Washington Times

President Donald Trump greets El Salvador's President Nayib Bukele as he arrives at the West Wing of the White House, Monday, April 14, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Trump huddles with El Salvador President Nayib Bukele at the White House

By Mallory Wilson - The Washington Times

President Donald Trump, right, meets with El Salvador's President Nayib Bukele during the United Nations General Assembly, Sept. 25, 2019, in New York. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

A key ally in Trump’s migrant crackdown is coming for a visit. What might El Salvador’s Bukele get?

By Seung Min Kim and Marcos Alemán - Associated Press

In this undated photo provided by the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland, a man identified by Jennifer Vasquez Sura as her husband, Kilmar Abrego-Garcia, is led by force by guards through the Terrorism Confinement Center in Tecoluca, El Salvador. (U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland via AP) **FILE**

Sen. Chris Van Hollen says he’ll travel to El Salvador to check on deported man

By Mallory Wilson - The Washington Times

President Donald Trump greets El Salvador's President Nayib Bukele as he arrives at the West Wing of the White House, Monday, April 14, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Trump, El Salvador president won’t order return of deported illegal immigrant

By Mallory Wilson - The Washington Times