"Nayib Bukele’s government has escalated its attacks against the independent press in El Salvador. Digital newspaper El Faro—a benchmark for investigative journalism in the region—announced this Thursday [May 7] that authorities have frozen a bank account and a property belonging to two partners of Trípode S.A., the company that manages the media outlet. This harassment follows the newspaper’s revelation of secret pacts between various Salvadoran administrations—including Bukele’s—and criminal gangs. Carlos Dada, director of El Faro, explained that the seizure of these assets was discovered by chance when one of the partners was checking their online banking. 'We have not been notified by any judge; we found out on our own,' he said."
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This monitor was translated with the assistance of AI and reviewed by Teresa Mioli.
