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Salvadoran military police stand guard outside a school in Soyapango's La Campanera neighborhood on the outskirts of San Salvador.

Here’s why Salvadorans don’t reach for their cellphones to record police abuse

Conflict

Many Salvadorans say they’re harassed and worse by heavily armed police patrolling poor neighborhoods. But few dare to use the latest technology to hold security forces accountable.

Deportees arrive at the Monsignor Romero international airport in San Salvador.

Here’s how undocumented families might prepare for a worst-case scenario

Justice
Members of the Barrio 18 gang arriving at the San Francisco Gotera penitentiary April 21, 2015.

Salvadorans battle a resurgence of gang violence

Conflict
Eight-year-old Susan Cruz enjoying her first Christmas in the United States in 1978.

What does it take for a Salvadoran girl to make her way in America?

Conflict & Justice
Alexandra from Guatemala shows a drawing she made at the shelter for underage immigrants and repatriated minors

What’s driving an exodus of unaccompanied minors across the US-Mexico border?

Conflict & Justice
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Donna De Cesare’s ‘Unsettled: Children in a World of Gangs’

Arts, Culture & Media

Photojournalist Donna DeCesare’s new bilingual book chronicles the lives of Central American gang members on both sides of the border. It’s called “Unsettled.” DeCesare teaches journalism at the University of Texas, Austin.

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