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Dozens of Bodies Found in Mexican Border State

Apr 6th 2011 – 10:46PM
Rubios News/AP

Rubios News/AP

MEXICO CITY -- Fifty-nine bodies were found buried Wednesday in a series of pits in the northern Mexico state of Tamaulipas, near the site where suspected drug gang members massacred 72 migrants last summer, officials said. Security forces investigating reports that a passenger bus had been hijacked in the area conducted...

Matthew Drops to Depression, Soaks Central America

Sep 25th 2010 – 9:57AM
Esteban Felix, AP

Esteban Felix, AP

GUATEMALA CITY (Sept. 25) -- Matthew weakened to a tropical depression Saturday along the coast of Belize, dousing the southern part of the Central American nation and neighboring Guatemala with rain that caused flooding in coastal areas. Guatemalan authorities urged people to stay off the roads as floods hit several...

Missing Sect Members Found Alive, Leader Hospitalized

By Lauren FrayerSep 19th 2010 – 4:36AM
AP

AP

(Sept. 19) -- The leader of a religious sect was hospitalized for a psychiatric evaluation today after members of the group left farewell messages for relatives saying they were going to heaven to meet Jesus. The messages frightened relatives and police, thinking the group might be planning a mass suicide, and a massive...

El Salvador: 3rd Migrant Survived Mexico Massacre

Sep 5th 2010 – 9:32PM

COMALAPA AIR FORCE BASE, El Salvador (Sept. 5) -- 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 Sunday. "We know of a Salvadoran who is in the United States and who fortunately avoided getting...

U.S. Rallies for Crucial Point

By FanHouse NewswireMar 28th 2009 – 11:43PM

SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) -- Two goals down and 20 minutesfrom what would have been one of the worst defeats to a regionalrival in years, the United States rallied for a dramatic draw.Jozy Altidore started the comeback in the 77th minute andFrankie Hejduk scored the tying goal in the 88th, giving theAmericans a 2-2...

el salvador News From the Web

  • 06/02/12 Honduras beats El Salvador 3-0 in tuneup Source: The Garden Island - Lihu'e HI Carlo Costly and Allan Lalin scored in the second half as Honduras beat El Salvador 3-0 on Saturday in the final tuneup for both teams before resuming World Cup qualifying.
  • 06/02/12 Canadian miner's complaint can proceed under El... Source: My Soutex - Beeville TX Canadian company Pacific Rim can move forward under El Salvador law with a case against that country's government for blocking a gold mining project, but cannot file suit under a regional trade agreement, a World Bank arbitration panel ruled.
  • 06/02/12 Saturday kickaround: RFK Stadium friendly, U.S.-Canada... Source: The Washington Post - Washington DC *A sellout crowd of around 44,000 will fill RFK Stadium today (4 p.m. ET, pay-per-view) for a friendly between El Salvador and Honduras, bringing the two-game attendance total in Washington this week to 111,000.
  • 06/01/12 Pacific Rim Mining Arbitration Case to Proceed Under... Source: Marketwire VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA -- (Marketwire) -- 06/02/12 -- Pacific Rim Mining Corp. (TSX:PMU)(OTCQX:PFRMF) ("Pacific Rim" or the "Company") announces that the investment dispute of its US subsidiary PacRim Cayman, LLC ("PacRim") with the Government of El Salvador ("GOES") will proceed to the merits portion of the arbitration case.
  • 06/01/12 AmeriCares preps for hurricanes Source: CBS - WIAT 42 - Birmingham AL AmeriCares is launching two new disaster preparedness initiatives today, the official start of the 2012 hurricane season in the Atlantic, to help prepare families in hurricane-prone communities throughout the United States and Latin America.

Background on el salvador

El Salvador (, literally 'Republic of The Savior') is the smallest and the most densely populated country in Central America.

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