SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) – A Spanish court has ruled that the European country has jurisdiction to investigate the killings of six Jesuit priests, a domestic worker and her teenage ...

SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador – Police arrested a Spanish priest Wednesday on allegations he tried to get favorable treatment for Salvadoran gang members and smuggled contraband into prisons. Roman ...

El Salvador is one of the most violent countries in the hemisphere, with 69.2 murders per 100,000 inhabitants, according to figures from the World Health Organization. The authorities attribute ...

El Salvador's government has jailed more than 60,000 people in an effort to end gang dominance. Some mothers whose sons have been swept up and imprisoned are still waiting for answers.

A former member of El Salvador's military high command is closer to being prosecuted for his role in the 1989 massacre of six Jesuit priests and two women, now that a U.S. federal judge has ...