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A retired FBI agent and former member of Joint Task Force Vulcan says that all the agents who were originally part of the MS-13 task force no longer work there under the Trump administration: “Only the name remains.” beta.elfaro.net/en/el-salvador…

In Panama, a state of emergency was declared in response to a movement combining teachers, banana unionists, Indigenous groups, and students angered by expanded US military cooperation, the potential reopening of a copper mine, and pensions overhaul. beta.elfaro.net/en/elfaro-audi…

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In the second issue of Central America Monthly: the return of political prisoners in El Salvador, the rise of Rosario Murillo in Nicaragua, a secret enemies list from an old Salvadoran dictator, and a chronicle of the 2018 repression in Nicaragua. beta.elfaro.net/en/monthly/iss…

In May 2024, a pickup with no police markings parked at the home of Atilio Montalvo, negotiator of the Peace Accords recovering from surgery. He went to headquarters to answer questions, but instead was arrested and his home was raided. beta.elfaro.net/en/spotlight/b…

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In this issue of Central America Monthly we identify the common playbook of Bukele’s and Ortega-Murrillo dictatorships: their total power, police states, foreign-agents laws, exiles, and political prisoners. beta.elfaro.net/en/letter-from…

This is the terrible political reality that defines Nayib Bukele’s government: the escalating extinction of citizens’ rights and the concentration of power in the hands of a tyrant. beta.elfaro.net/en/el-faro-wei…

In May, the head of the Nicaraguan Army pledged obedience to the new constitution, which made Daniel Ortega and Rosario Murillo commanders-in-chief. Now, at least on paper, Murillo will hold onto power should Ortega die. beta.elfaro.net/en/elfaro-audi…

“The police, backed by paramilitaries, opened fire on students for over thirteen hours,” reported Carlos Martínez in 2018, when the Ortega-Murillo regime took Nicaragua back in time to when violence and repression were the norm. beta.elfaro.net/en/from-the-ar…

Those who speak nostalgically of the Salvadoran dictator Maximiliano Hernández Martínez overlook the fact that he persecuted the most important businessmen, politicians and professionals on the Left and Right, and military personnel. beta.elfaro.net/en/the-tertuli…

The current wave of ICE raids in Los Angeles is not merely about enforcement, write Axel Montepeque and Linda Alvarez of Cal State Northridge. These migrants are being punished for trying to survive outside the structure built to contain them. #efOpinion beta.elfaro.net/en/opinion-en/…

In Costa Rica, investigators examine whether a Nicaraguan government-backed hit squad is targeting exiles on the heels of the murder of former military officer and opposition member Roberto Samcam. beta.elfaro.net/en/elfaro-audi…

🚨NEW: A police intelligence source asserts that Security Minister Gustavo Villatoro, Gustavo Villatoro 🇸🇻, ordered two senior PNC El Salvador police leaders in El Salvador to plant false evidence of drug trafficking against members of El Faro. beta.elfaro.net/en/el-salvador…

🎙️CENTRAL AMERICA IN MINUTES, Ep. 35: Nicaragua, Guatemala, El Salvador: The Trifecta of Exile For the first time in decades, a growing number of political exiles are fleeing El Salvador. In Guatemala, the justice system is the spearhead of attacks against those pursuing

In a regional tour, DHS Secretary Kristi Noem announced agreements for Guatemala and Honduras to receive third-country asylum seekers, and in Panama, to pay for flights to continue deporting migrants, including from Venezuela and Colombia. beta.elfaro.net/en/elfaro-audi…

The current wave of ICE raids in Los Angeles is not merely about enforcement, write Axel Montepeque and Linda Alvarez of Cal State Northridge. These migrants are being punished for trying to survive outside the structure built to contain them. #efOpinion beta.elfaro.net/en/opinion-en/…

In proceedings to deport MS-13 leader “Vampiro,” the defense accused the Trump administration of trying to hide evidence of Bukele’s pact with the gang, which the State Department designated as a Foreign Terrorist Organization. beta.elfaro.net/en/el-salvador…

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