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US brings back El Salvador deportee to face charges
Salvadoran Kilmar Ábrego García, whose case became a political flashpoint, has been charged with human trafficking by US officials.
Judge orders Trump administration to provide due process to some migrants deported to El Salvador
The ruling doesn’t apply to Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the Salvadoran man whose deportation became a focal point of Democratic resistance to Trump's immigration policies.
Judge orders El Salvador human rights lawyer jailed for 6 months pending trial
A judge in El Salvador has ordered a lawyer from a prominent human rights organization who has been an outspoken critic of some of President Nayib Bukele’s policies to be jailed for six months on illegal enrichment charges.
Migrants flown to El Salvador under Alien Enemies Act must be allowed to challenge their removal, federal judge rules
A group of migrants the Trump administration sent to a mega-prison in El Salvador earlier this year must now have an opportunity to challenge their removal under the Alien Enemies Act, a federal judge ruled Wednesday.
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Why El Salvador’s Bukele is doubling down on repression
El Salvador’s president escalated crackdowns on protest and civil society in May, prompting the question “Why now?”
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A lawyer’s prolonged detention shows how El Salvador’s gang emergency extends to common crimes
El Salvador’s arrest of an anticorruption lawyer from a well-known human rights organization last month is the latest example of how the special powers given to President Nayib Bukele to battle gangs are being applied to a host of unrelated alleged crimes.
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