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As migration from El Salvador to the US drops, a small but growing number of Salvadoran immigrants are now returning home ...

SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador -- El Salvador President Nayib Bukele recalled his ambassador to Mexico and demanded the country clarify its security chief’s comments that an intercepted plane carrying ...

Donald Trump’s administration has claimed publicly and in court that it has no legal authority over migrants it imprisoned in El Salvador.

Over 200 migrants who were sent to a Salvadoran prison under accusations they were gang members are the responsibility of the U.S., El Salvador officials told the U.N.

The government of El Salvador has formally asserted it is the U.S., not the Central American nation, that retains “legal responsibility” for Venezuelans held in a Salvadoran megaprison ...

El Salvador’s Bitcoin holdings have tripled in value to over $767 million as of July 14. The country’s BTC holdings surged as ...

El Salvador has said that the United States has legal jurisdiction over deported migrants being held in the Central American country, court documents show.

The offer to swap Venezuelan migrants in El Salvador for prisoners remains on the table, one of the U.S. officials said.

Officials acknowledge that more than 130 Venezuelan migrants at a megaprison in El Salvador remain under U.S. responsibility, contradicting Trump administration claims.

Trump's Justice Department has said Venezuelans deported to El Salvador's CECOT mega-prison are out of U.S. reach. A new United Nations report says otherwise.