WorldA Teenage Rape Survivor in El Salvador Has Been Jailed for 30 YearsA judge in El Salvador — where abortion is illegal in all circumstances — has sent a 19-year-old rape survivor to 30 years in jail because her baby was stillborn, on the grounds that her failure to get prenatal care amounted to homicide
WorldEl Salvador Reports its First Full Day Without Homicides in Two YearsSomething remarkable has happened in one of the world's most deadly countries. On Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2017, El Salvador reported a full day without any homicides. This is according to the Central American country's National Civil Police commissioner Howard Cotto
WorldA Castaway Who Survived 14 Months Lost at Sea Is Being Sued for CannibalismThe fisherman who famously survived 14 months at sea is being sued for $1 million by the family of his crewmate, who accuse him of eating their relative in order to survive. Jose Salvador Alvarenga, 36, is the only man known to have survived for more than a year at sea
World16 People Were Murdered Every Day in El Salvador in MarchThe Central American nation recorded more murders in March than in any other month during the past decade, as gangland violence and drug trafficking run rampant. The country’s National Civil Police force says that at least 481 people were murdered last month, a year-on-year increase of 52%
WorldEl Salvador Reports its First Full Day Without Homicides in Two YearsSomething remarkable has happened in one of the world's most deadly countries. On Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2017, El Salvador reported a full day without any homicides. This is according to the Central American country's National Civil Police commissioner Howard Cotto
WorldA Castaway Who Survived 14 Months Lost at Sea Is Being Sued for CannibalismThe fisherman who famously survived 14 months at sea is being sued for $1 million by the family of his crewmate, who accuse him of eating their relative in order to survive. Jose Salvador Alvarenga, 36, is the only man known to have survived for more than a year at sea
World16 People Were Murdered Every Day in El Salvador in MarchThe Central American nation recorded more murders in March than in any other month during the past decade, as gangland violence and drug trafficking run rampant. The country’s National Civil Police force says that at least 481 people were murdered last month, a year-on-year increase of 52%
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