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Mass trial for 486 alleged MS-13 gang leaders begins in El Salvador

April 21, 2026 World Justice News 0

A mass trial of 486 suspected MS-13 gang leaders has begun in El Salvador, the country’s attorney general’s office has said. The group are collectively accused of committing more than 47,000 crimes – including murder, […]

US brings back El Salvador deportee Kilmar Garcia to face federal charges

June 9, 2025 World Justice News 0

Kilmar Ábrego García, a 29-year-old from El Salvador mistakenly deported in March, has been returned to the US to face prosecution on two federal criminal charges. He has been accused of participating in a trafficking […]

Senator Van Hollen with Kilmar Abrego Garcia

US Supreme Court blocks new deportations and man wrongly deported to El Salvador says he is ‘traumatised’ by mega-prison

April 19, 2025 World Justice News 0

A man wrongly deported to El Salvador was “traumatised” by his time at a notorious mega-prison, a US senator has said, as the Supreme Court blocks new deportations of Venezuelan migrants. Kilmar Abrego Garcia told Democrat […]

US Supreme Court rules Trump officials must ‘facilitate’ release of man deported to El Salvador

April 13, 2025 World Justice News 0

The US Supreme Court has ruled unanimously that the Trump administration must try to release a Maryland man who was mistakenly deported to a mega-jail in El Salvador. In a 9-0 ruling, the justices declined […]

Brother of Arturo Suarez now most likely in El Salvador jail says his brother’s only ‘crime’ is being Venezuelan and having tattoos

April 7, 2025 World Justice News 0

Until five weeks ago, Arturo Suarez was a professional singer, performing in the United States as he waited for his asylum claim to be processed. Originally from Venezuela, he had entered the US through proper, legal […]

Womens Center for Social Adaptation inmates

Honduras prison violence: At least 41 killed in women’s jail riot

June 21, 2023 World Justice News 0

At least 41 people have been killed in a riot at a women’s prison in Honduras on Tuesday. It is understood that a fight broke out between rival gangs, after which one gang set a […]

Trigger IX: $5bn of drugs seized in Latin American operation

April 18, 2023 World Justice News 0

Police in Latin America have seized cocaine and other drugs worth $5bn (£4bn) in an operation lasting three weeks and spanning 15 countries. They also seized more than 8,000 illicit firearms and carried out almost […]

All US federal prisons in lockdown after deadly gang fight

February 1, 2022 World Justice News 0

All federal prisons in the US have been placed on lockdown after a gang fight left two inmates dead at a facility in Texas. Two other prisoners were seriously hurt in the violence at the […]

Honduras: Gunmen storm court building to free MS-13 leader

February 14, 2020 World Justice News 0

Heavily armed men dressed in military fatigues and police uniforms stormed a court building in north-west Honduras and freed a senior leader of the powerful MS-13 gang, officials say. Alexander Mendoza, known as “El Porky”, […]

Australia

Australian murderer loses bid to eat Vegemite in prison

October 26, 2026 0

A convicted murderer serving a life sentence in Australia has lost his bid to overturn a ban on prisoners consuming Vegemite – the salty yeast-based spread that has become a national symbol. Andre McKechnie argued […]

Human Rights

Patients in chains rescued from suspected illegal rehab centre in South Africa

October 16, 2026 0

A pastor and his wife have been arrested in South Africa after 200 people, some in chains, were found held at a suspected illegal rehabilitation centre in the north-eastern part of the country. The facility, […]

Human Rights

UK threatens to ban Eritreans over migrant return policy

October 15, 2026 0

Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood has threatened to ban all Eritreans from entering the UK if the east African country’s government does not accept more returns of small boat migrants and foreign national offenders. From Thursday, […]