Cristosal reported last year that at least 261 people had died in El Salvador’s prisons during the gang crackdown. The group and others have cited cases of abuse, torture and lack of medical attention. In slickly produced videos, the government has shown ...

NBC News' David Noriega spoke with Gadi Schwartz about the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua, who operate in multiple countries, including the U.S. The gang made news as President Trump used the "Alien Enemies Act" to justify the deportation of immigrants accused of being members of the gang to be sent to El Salvador's mega prison.

El Salvador's CECOT prison, where over 200 alleged Venezuelan gang members deported from the U.S. are being held, has been criticized for alleged human rights violations.

El Salvador’s Cecot mega-prison ... Latin American country’s controversial crackdown on domestic crime. It is now home to some of the country’s most hardened criminals, including mass murderers and gang members billed as the “worst of the worst ...

The Trump administration’s decision to return a high-profile gang boss facing terrorism charges to El Salvador may compromise its crackdown.

A newly formed state-federal task force was credited with the capture of an alleged MS-13 gang leader in Virginia.

Between detention of green card holders and deportation flights to El Salvador, a lot of people are unsure where they stand.