When the Trump administration and Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele reached an agreement to imprison U.S. deportees at CECOT, what did Bukele stand to gain? A new documentary from FRONTLINE and El ...

What was behind the controversial deal to imprison U.S. deportees at the notorious Salvadoran prison known as CECOT? FRONTLINE and El Faro investigate in ‘The Deal: Trump, Bukele & the Gangs of El ...

SAN SALVADOR – The number of people deported to El Salvador from the U.S. nearly doubled in the first months of 2026, according to official figures, coming as Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele has ...

Three months after President Donald Trump returned to office in 2025 and began his major immigration crackdown, he held a White House sit-down with a popular Latin American leader who had once called ...

El Salvador has become a key player in President Donald Trump’s mass deportation efforts. The president of El Salvador, Nayib Bukele, has been leading the country since 2019. He’s concentrated ...

At the start of this decade, Latin America was hurtling to the left. Progressives, seizing on public outrage over entrenched inequities exacerbated by the pandemic, swept to power in many of the ...

Some are battle-hardened veteran politicians who are no longer presidents, as is the case with Brazil's Jair Bolsonaro. Others, by contrast, built their huge popularity almost unexpectedly, like Nayib ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Deportations from the U.S. to El Salvador surged nearly 98% in early 2026, reaching 5,033 people in the first ...

SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador — The number of people deported to El Salvador from the U.S. nearly doubled in the first months of 2026, according to official figures, coming as Salvadoran President Nayib ...