News: El Salvador

We have started to collect the most important news related to El Salvador in November 2005. By default, most recent news are listed first.

World news related to El Salvador – overview

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• September 11th 2020 – July 1st 2019
• June 26th 2019 – July 7th 2017
• March 4th 2017 – April 9th 2016
• February 26th 2016 – May 29th 2015
• May 24th 2015 – September 25th 2014
• September 19th 2014 – March 17th 2014
• March 13th 2014 – January 22nd 2014
• January 8th 2014 – May 31st 2013
• May 30th 2013 – January 17th 2012
• December 22nd 2011 – December 22nd 2010
• November 25th 2010 – November 10th 2009
• November 10th 2009 – March 17th 2009
• March 16th 2009 – May 4th 2006
• February 24th 2006 – November 19th 2005

El Salvador: news

Spain sentences El Salvador ex-colonel to 133 years in jail for priests' murder

Friday, September 11th 2020, 21:22

Inocente Orlando Montano is sentenced to 133 years in prison for the 1989 murders in El Salvador.
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Salvadorean war crimes suspect Montano on trial in Spain

Monday, June 8th 2020, 18:48
related countries: Spain

An ex-colonel is accused of ordering the 1989 murder of six Jesuit priests in El Salvador.
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Tropical Storm Amanda: At least 14 dead in El Salvador

Monday, June 1st 2020, 10:52

More than a thousand families had to leave their homes as the storm caused heavy flooding.
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El Salvador gangs: 'No ray of sunlight for inmates'

Tuesday, April 28th 2020, 10:56

El Salvador, already criticised by rights groups, cracks down further on imprisoned gang members.
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Rare glimpse into El Salvador's overcrowded prisons

Sunday, April 26th 2020, 23:06

A rare glimpse into El Salvador's notoriously overcrowded prisons as fears grow of virus spreading.
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Heavily-armed police and soldiers enter El Salvador parliament

Monday, February 10th 2020, 4:04

They are demanding the approval by MPs of a multimillion loan to better equip them to tackle crime.
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Venezuela and El Salvador in tit-for-tat diplomatic expulsions

Sunday, November 3rd 2019, 16:29
related countries: Venezuela

Venezuela responds a day after its diplomats were expelled from El Salvador.
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Venezuela crisis: El Salvador expels Maduro's diplomats

Sunday, November 3rd 2019, 8:55
related countries: Venezuela

El Salvador says Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro is no longer legitimate, backing Juan Guaidó.
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El Salvador: Evelyn Hernández cleared over baby's death

Tuesday, August 20th 2019, 0:46

Evelyn Hernández's murder retrial has shocked El Salvador and united women's rights groups.
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Guatemala signs migration deal with US after Trump threats

Saturday, July 27th 2019, 7:44
related countries: Guatemala, Honduras, United States
related places: Trump

The deal would require migrants from Honduras and El Salvador to seek asylum in Guatemala.
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Choosing between God and the gang in El Salvador

Thursday, July 25th 2019, 23:43
related places: San Salvador

In La Dina, there are few ways to leave the gang, but a church is offering one of them.
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Óscar Martínez drowning: El Salvador takes blame

Monday, July 1st 2019, 20:20
related countries: United States
related places: Mart

President Bukele says his government has to fix the issues that force people to try to reach the US.
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