A 21-year-old woman in El Salvador whose baby was found dead in the toilet where she gave birth has been cleared of murder during a retrial. Evelyn Hernández had always maintained she was innocent, saying that she did not know…
Court frees woman jailed over childbirth (BBC)
A woman who was jailed for attempted murder under El Salvador’s strict anti-abortion laws has been freed. Imelda Cortez, 20, says she became pregnant by her stepfather who sexually abused her for many years. Doctors suspected she had tried to…
Judge halts Trump’s asylum ban (BBC)
A US federal judge has blocked an order issued by President Trump to deny asylum to migrants crossing the southern US border illegally. US District Judge Jon Tigar in San Francisco issued the temporary restraining order after hearing arguments by…
Murdered Archbishop Romero becomes saint (BBC)
Pope Francis has conferred sainthood on murdered Salvadoran Archbishop Óscar Romero at a ceremony in the Vatican. Archbishop Romero, an outspoken advocate for peace during El Salvador’s civil war, is revered across Latin America as a champion of the poor.…
Children separated from parents at US border sob, wail desperately (channelnewsasia)
Several Central American children separated from parents at the southern US border are heard desperately sobbing and wailing in a recording released on Monday (Jun 18) by transparency group ProPublica, some so hard they almost cannot breathe. At least 2,300 of…