Tag: El Salvador

A Chair Arrested: A key leader of the transnational crime gang MS-13’s Salvadoran branch was arrested in Mexico on Tuesday, marking a massive blow to the gang’s leadership. Héctor Oswaldo González Pérez, also known as “Cruel de Western,” was arrested in a joint operation with Mexican authorities and the Salvadoran National...

What You Need to Know: Peru’s Minister of Justice and Human Rights, Eduardo Arana, visited El Salvador last week to observe the country’s rigid prison system implemented under President Nayib Bukele to combat violent gang crime. Peru’s current penitentiary system is ill-equipped to deal with a growing prison population, with the...