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Advocates fear a pattern is emerging, where immigrants face quick dismissals in the courtroom and detention outside it.

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Growing number of people detained in gang crackdown being ‘rearrested’, experts say, raising fears policy will not end.

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El Salvador crackdown could prompt gangs to ‘adapt and reshuffle’

The government’s eight-month state of exception has seen civil liberties suspended and tens of thousands imprisoned.

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Hurricane Julia pushes displaced Hondurans to consider migration

Sula Valley residents say inadequate government response to past storms has left them exceptionally vulnerable.

Police officers help people affected by tropical storm Julia in Honduras.

Bukele’s re-election bid fuels new concern in El Salvador

While many welcome president’s plan to seek second term, activists say it could hasten further rights violations.

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Persecuted Afro-Hondurans push for state protection

The Castro administration says it will support groups such as the Garifuna, but community members are demanding action.

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Dozens die in custody under El Salvador’s state of exception

Thousands have been arrested since the country suspended certain civil liberties amid a crackdown on gangs.

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Pressure to make arrests as El Salvador extends gang crackdown

Police, military and judicial system face pressure to implement mass arrest and incarceration policy, experts say.

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As El Salvador’s arrest wave continues, families live in worry

Relatives of people arrested in government’s crackdown on gangs say they have little to no information about loved ones.

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‘All Salvadorans at risk’: Inside El Salvador’s gang crackdown

President Nayib Bukele says his gov’t is stamping out gang violence, but experts document pattern of arbitrary arrests.

Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele