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From El Salvador ‘death camp’ to margaritas by the pool? Not so fast, says US senator

Chris Van Hollen finally got to meet the wrongly deported Kilmar Abrego Garcia, but accused El Salvador’s government of aiming to “deceive” by staging it as a chat with drinks appearing to be alcohol, garnished with maraschino cherries.

  • Meg Kinnard

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In a photo provided by the US District Court for Maryland, a man identified as Kilmar Abrego Garcia is led through the Terrorism Confinement Centre in Tecoluca, El Salvador.

Trump thinks this battleground will play to his strengths. Australians will recognise the territory

Two court cases represent the president’s most direct challenge yet to the rule of law.

  • Michael Koziol
US President Donald Trump meets El Salvador President Nayib Bukele in the Oval Office on Monday (Tuesday AEST).

‘Uncharted waters’: US edges closer to constitutional crisis over deportee

Veteran Democrat Nancy Pelosi is among those accusing the Trump administration of defying the courts by refusing to return a man from a notorious Salvadorean jail.

  • Michael Koziol
A man identified by Jennifer Vasquez Sura as her husband, Kilmar Abrego Garcia, is led by force by guards through the Terrorism Confinement Centre in Tecoluca, El Salvador in an undated photo.

White House says it accidentally sent a man to a notorious jail – and now can’t bring him back

A judge has rejected as “eye-popping” the US government’s excuse for not returning Kilmar Abrego Garcia, who had a permit to work in the US.

A prison guard transfers deportees from the US, alleged to be Venezuelan gang members, to the Terrorism Confinement Centre in Tecoluca, El Salvador.

‘One heck of a stretch’: White House argues judge’s verbal orders don’t count

In the latest and arguably most significant legal challenge to Trump’s sweeping agenda, his administration has been accused of defying a federal judge.

  • Michael Koziol
San Salvador’s historic centre.

This notorious country now deserves to be on your travel radar

Previously “the murder capital of the world”, this Central American country is now rated no more dangerous than Bali or Thailand.

  • Steve Madgwick
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Men and a soccer player carry an injured fan to the field of Cuscatlan stadium in San Salvador, El Salvador, where at least 12 people were killed in a crush.

Spectators crushed to death in stampede at El Salvador soccer stadium

A stampede occurred after “an avalanche” of fans are believed to have pushed through a gate.

  • Marcos Aleman
US Vice President Kamala Harris speaks during a roundtable with government leaders and private sector representatives about migration on Monday.

Kamala Harris flags bid to keep Central American migrants at home

The US vice president is working with companies like Nestle and Target to create jobs and a more attractive life in crisis-hit countries.

  • Michael D. Shear
A young man is detained by the police, a suspect in a homicide near a market in San Salvador, El Salvador.

After dozens die in weekend of gang violence El Salvador declares state of emergency

The homicides appeared linked to the country’s notorious street gangs, who effectively control many neighbourhoods in El Salvador’s capital.

El Salvador president Nayib Bukele is staking a lot on Bitcoin.

The world should fear El Salvador’s bizarre bitcoin experiment

The president of El Salvador’s plan to build the world’s first volcano-powered “bitcoin city” was met with scepticism but as the initiative gets set to advance in coming days, there could be consequences for the rest of the world.

  • Ben Wright

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