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Salvador prison fire kills 16 inmates, injures 24 (AP)

November 10th, 2010

AP - A fire broke out in a prison north of El Salvador’s capital Wednesday, killing at least 16 young inmates and injuring 24.

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El Salvador: 3rd migrant survived Mexico massacre (AP)

September 6th, 2010

Relatives of Armando Nieto carry his photograph at a ceremony where people retrieved the bodies of relatives who were killed in Mexico, at a military base in Comalapa, El Salvador, Sunday Sept. 5, 2010.  Nieto is one of 72 migrants who were killed, allegedly by the Zetas drug gang, in August in northern Mexico while trying to reach the U.S. border.  (AP Photo/Edgar Romero)AP - A third man survived last month’s massacre of 72 migrants by suspected drug traffickers in Mexico and is now in the United States, Salvadoran President Mauricio Funes said…

Gang members burn bus in El Salvador, killing 14 (AP)

June 21st, 2010

A police officer inspects a burnt bus in San Salvador, Monday, June 21, 2010. The bus was attacked Sunday night while driving along its regular route in the northern area of San Salvador, killing at least 10 people who were aboard and leaving several others badly hurt. (AP Photo/Luis Romero)AP - Gang members opened fire on a bus full of travelers, doused it with gasoline and set it on fire, killing at least 14 on the outskirts of El…

Mexican link to Interpol shot in El Salvador (AP)

April 23rd, 2010

AP - Gunmen in El Salvador have shot and seriously wounded a Mexican diplomat who works with the international police agency Interpol. Police say the diplomat’s wife has been killed.

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