El Salvador Crackdown Forces Mass Exile | JQJO

Over 100 journalists, activists, and human rights defenders have fled El Salvador in recent months due to President Nayib Bukele's crackdown on dissent. A new "foreign agents" law, coupled with arrests and threats, has forced this mass exodus, reminiscent of the country's brutal civil war. Those who fled report constant surveillance, police raids, and warnings of imminent detention. Many fear for their safety and are scattered across Central America and Mexico, with little more than the clothes on their backs.