El Salvador

Mexico troops find 150 Central Americans in back of truck

Sun, 05 Aug 2018 - 01:50 GMT

Some 150 Central American migrants, including 62 children, were found inside the back of trailer when the vehicle was stopped at a highway checkpoint.

El Salvador seeks to arrest ex president for alleged embezzlement

Sat, 09 Jun 2018 - 01:01 GMT

El Salvador's attorney general ordered the arrest on Friday of former president for alleged embezzlement and money laundering,

U.S. moves toward expelling 200,000 Salvadorans

Mon, 08 Jan 2018 - 11:10 GMT

Some 200,000 Salvadoran immigrants allowed to live and work in the United States since 2001 will lose their right to remain in the country in 2019.

Mexico's strongest quake in 85 years kills dozens in the poor south

Sat, 09 Sep 2017 - 12:09 GMT

Soldiers remove the debris of a house destroyed in an earthquake that struck off the southern coast of Mexico late on Thursday, in Juchitan, Mexico - Reuters

El Salvador scraps controversial law allowing pregnant minors to wed

Fri, 18 Aug 2017 - 08:43 GMT

El Salvador lawmakers on Thursday unanimously voted to abolish a controversial, 23-year-old law that allowed men to marry underage girls they had impregnated.

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