Nearly 500 alleged gang leaders are on a collective, mass trial in El Salvador, a practice criticized by human rights groups.

By Gerardo Arbaiza and Emily Green SAN SALVADOR, April 23 (Reuters) - From inside a Salvadoran mega prison, more than one ...

Hundreds of alleged Mara Salvatrucha gang members sat chained, shaved and mute as they were accused of murder and torture ...

Wearing white uniforms, their heads shaved, rows of bewildered-looking men are beamed by video link from prisons across El ...

By Gerardo Arbaiza SAN SALVADOR, April 21 (Reuters) - A Salvadoran court on Tuesday began a collective trial of 486 alleged ...

President Nayib Bukele – the self-described ‘world’s coolest dictator’ – publicises the largest mass trial yet of his gang ...

When President Nayib Bukele announced a sweeping “state of exception” in El Salvador in March 2022, he promised an end to the country’s long-standing nightmare: the grip of brutal street gangs like MS ...

The country is conducting mass trials of thousands of suspected gang members.

El Salvador President Nayib Bukele joined the annual National Prayer Breakfast in Washington, D.C., on Thursday, warning attendees that violent gang members in his country have a documented history of ...

Nearly 500 alleged MS-13 members, including several alleged leaders, are on trial collectively in El Salvador, accused of ...

Footage released by the attorney general's office shows large groups of men in prison attending the trial via video link.

Around 490 alleged members of the powerful Central American gang Mara Salvatrucha (MS-13), including several alleged leaders, ...