Top 10 Events That Happened in El Salvador Since 2024
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Sakuya Tachibana
The Legislative Assembly of El Salvador approves a proposal to send soldiers to Haiti as part of the United Nations Multinational Security Support Mission against gangs.
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Sakuya Tachibana
The US Peace Corps is deployed to El Salvador for the first time since being pulled out in 2016 due to gang violence.
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Sakuya Tachibana
A magnitude 6.1 earthquake hits La Libertad Department, resulting in 50 people being injured in Juayúa after being stung by bees from a fallen beehive.
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Sakuya Tachibana
Five people are killed in landslides in Tacuba.
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Sakuya Tachibana
Authorities announce the discovery of a plot to detonate bombs across the country coinciding with President Bukele's inauguration on 1 June.
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Sakuya Tachibana
Electronic voting for Salvadoran expatriates in the presidential and legislative elections begins.
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Sakuya Tachibana
A joint military-police operation involving 2,500 security personnel is launched to find suspected gang members in the 10 de Octubre neighborhood of San Salvador.
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Sakuya Tachibana
Mauricio Arriaza Chicas, the head of the National Civil Police is killed along with a fraud suspect and seven others in a helicopter crash near Pasaquina.
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#10
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Sakuya Tachibana
The death toll from torrential rains in El Salvador increases to 19 people, including at least two children.
