Tim Muth
@timmuth.bsky.social
Civil rights lawyer who has written for 21 years about El Salvador at ElSalvadorPerspectives.com.
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Tim Muth
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· Feb 14
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Reposted by Tim Muth
Let's put these 2 headlines from this afternoon together.
They “finish off” suspected cocaine traffickers hanging helplessly off boats in the open ocean.
But an _actual_ cocaine trafficker who just happens to be a conservative political elite gets a pardon.
They “finish off” suspected cocaine traffickers hanging helplessly off boats in the open ocean.
But an _actual_ cocaine trafficker who just happens to be a conservative political elite gets a pardon.
November 28, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Let's put these 2 headlines from this afternoon together.
They “finish off” suspected cocaine traffickers hanging helplessly off boats in the open ocean.
But an _actual_ cocaine trafficker who just happens to be a conservative political elite gets a pardon.
They “finish off” suspected cocaine traffickers hanging helplessly off boats in the open ocean.
But an _actual_ cocaine trafficker who just happens to be a conservative political elite gets a pardon.
I started writing El Salvador Perspectives 21 years ago today. A lot has changed in the country, for better and for worse.
November 17, 2025 at 2:47 PM
I started writing El Salvador Perspectives 21 years ago today. A lot has changed in the country, for better and for worse.
36 years after the massacre of six Jesuit priests and their female coworker and her daughter, the Jesuits of the UCA continue to be a voice in El Salvador for social justice and human rights.
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www.elsalvadorperspectives.com/2025/11/jesu...
Jesuits of the UCA still have their voice
Sunday, November 16, marked the 36th anniversary of the Jesuit massacre at the University of Central America José Simeón Cañas in El Salvad...
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November 17, 2025 at 2:44 PM
36 years after the massacre of six Jesuit priests and their female coworker and her daughter, the Jesuits of the UCA continue to be a voice in El Salvador for social justice and human rights.
www.elsalvadorperspectives.com/2025/11/jesu...
www.elsalvadorperspectives.com/2025/11/jesu...
More reporting of the stories from those who survived Bukele's prisons.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/w...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/w...
‘You Are All Terrorists’: Four Months in a Salvadoran Prison
www.nytimes.com
November 8, 2025 at 2:01 PM
More reporting of the stories from those who survived Bukele's prisons.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/w...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/w...
An "anti-woke" curriculum in new schools in El Salvador being built by Bukele. Salvadoran public schools trail others in Latin America, and Bukele has a school-building and technology approach to changing that. www.elsalvadorperspectives.com/2025/11/buke...
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November 8, 2025 at 3:38 AM
An "anti-woke" curriculum in new schools in El Salvador being built by Bukele. Salvadoran public schools trail others in Latin America, and Bukele has a school-building and technology approach to changing that. www.elsalvadorperspectives.com/2025/11/buke...
El Salvador offers the US military landing zones in addition to prison cell space.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/w...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/w...
U.S. Sends Attack Aircraft to El Salvador Amid Regional Troop Buildup
www.nytimes.com
November 7, 2025 at 10:26 PM
El Salvador offers the US military landing zones in addition to prison cell space.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/w...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/w...
Human rights defenders continue imprisoned in El Salvador with court rejecting pretrial release.
November 5, 2025 at 12:18 AM
Human rights defenders continue imprisoned in El Salvador with court rejecting pretrial release.
The latest from El Salvador Perspectives.
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Where Trump and Bukele intersect
The March 15, 2025, US deportation flights, which brought hundreds of Venezuelans and a few dozen Salvadorans to El Salvador's CECOT prison,...
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October 22, 2025 at 6:34 PM
The latest from El Salvador Perspectives.
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Four months ago, Yessenia Ruano put her home in Wisconsin up for rent, packed a few bags and left for her native El Salvador. Now, she is among immigrant women who say ICE is wrongfully detaining and deporting domestic violence or human trafficking victims. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/16/u...
She Self-Deported. Now She and Other Crime Survivors Are Suing ICE.
www.nytimes.com
October 16, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Four months ago, Yessenia Ruano put her home in Wisconsin up for rent, packed a few bags and left for her native El Salvador. Now, she is among immigrant women who say ICE is wrongfully detaining and deporting domestic violence or human trafficking victims. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/16/u...
"Americans have been dragged, tackled, beaten, tased and shot by immigration agents. They’ve had their necks kneeled on. They’ve been held outside in the rain while in their underwear. At least three citizens were pregnant when agents detained them. "
www.propublica.org/article/immi...
www.propublica.org/article/immi...
More Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents. They’ve Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days.
The government does not track how often immigration agents grab citizens. So ProPublica did. Our tally — almost certainly incomplete — includes people who were held for days without a lawyer. And near...
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October 17, 2025 at 3:50 PM
"Americans have been dragged, tackled, beaten, tased and shot by immigration agents. They’ve had their necks kneeled on. They’ve been held outside in the rain while in their underwear. At least three citizens were pregnant when agents detained them. "
www.propublica.org/article/immi...
www.propublica.org/article/immi...
El Salvador’s Minister of Education has sent out an edict prohibiting the use of “inclusive language” in the country’s schools. www.laprensagrafica.com/elsalvador/M...
Ministerio de Educación prohíbe "lenguaje inclusivo" en las escuelas públicas de El Salvador - La Prensa Gráfica
La ministra de Educación, la capitana Karla Trigueros, dijo que palabras como “amigue” y “compañere” no serán admitidas.
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October 3, 2025 at 1:14 PM
El Salvador’s Minister of Education has sent out an edict prohibiting the use of “inclusive language” in the country’s schools. www.laprensagrafica.com/elsalvador/M...
Reposted by Tim Muth
BREAKING: Our client Mario Guevara, an Emmy-winning journalist detained by ICE in retaliation for livestreaming law enforcement activity, will be deported tomorrow to El Salvador.
Mario and his family are being punished for his reporting. This cruelty is meant to stifle our free press.
Mario and his family are being punished for his reporting. This cruelty is meant to stifle our free press.
October 2, 2025 at 10:42 PM
BREAKING: Our client Mario Guevara, an Emmy-winning journalist detained by ICE in retaliation for livestreaming law enforcement activity, will be deported tomorrow to El Salvador.
Mario and his family are being punished for his reporting. This cruelty is meant to stifle our free press.
Mario and his family are being punished for his reporting. This cruelty is meant to stifle our free press.
Latest from El Salvador Perspectives
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Too much or too little water
Several news topics from El Salvador at the end of September involve water. Major Water Crisis in the Capital A significant water crisis occ...
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October 2, 2025 at 3:12 AM
Latest from El Salvador Perspectives
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This is a long-running story from El Salvador, where miscarriages and obstetric emergencies land women in prison for years, charged with homicide. It is a cautionary tale of where abortion bans can lead.
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From Pregnancy to Murder Charge: Living Under a Total Abortion Ban
Podcast Episode · Central America in Minutes · 09/28/2025 · 50m
podcasts.apple.com
October 2, 2025 at 2:18 AM
This is a long-running story from El Salvador, where miscarriages and obstetric emergencies land women in prison for years, charged with homicide. It is a cautionary tale of where abortion bans can lead.
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/f...
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/f...
Journalist from El Salvador, Mario Guevara, writes from an ICE detention facility, about the ongoing violations of his human rights and dignity since his arrest in June while covering protest activity. bittersoutherner.com/journalist-m...
Journalist Mario Guevara Speaks - Letter from ICE DETENTION FACILITY — THE BITTER SOUTHERNER
The only journalist detained by ICE on US soil, sends a letter to The Bitter Southerner.
bittersoutherner.com
October 1, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Journalist from El Salvador, Mario Guevara, writes from an ICE detention facility, about the ongoing violations of his human rights and dignity since his arrest in June while covering protest activity. bittersoutherner.com/journalist-m...
Reposted by Tim Muth
Mario Guevara has been detained by ICE for more than 100 days in retaliation for his reporting — even though a judge ordered his release on bond.
An immigration court just ruled Mario could be deported at any moment. ICE must free him now.
An immigration court just ruled Mario could be deported at any moment. ICE must free him now.
Free Mario Guevara
ICE detained journalist Mario Guevara for over 100 days for his reporting, despite orders that he be released on bond. Now, an immigration board has issued a final removal order - and he could be deported at any minute.
action.aclu.org
September 24, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Mario Guevara has been detained by ICE for more than 100 days in retaliation for his reporting — even though a judge ordered his release on bond.
An immigration court just ruled Mario could be deported at any moment. ICE must free him now.
An immigration court just ruled Mario could be deported at any moment. ICE must free him now.
Reposted by Tim Muth
Hundreds gathered at Central American University over a four-day wake to commemorate the life of Father Chema Tojeira. He was buried alongside Ignacio Ellacuría and their other Jesuit companions assassinated by the Salvadoran Army in 1989. #efPhoto beta.elfaro.net/en/ef-photo-...
The Final Pilgrimage of Chema Tojeira
Hundreds gathered at Central American University over a four-day wake to commemorate the life of Father Chema Tojeira, a prominent figure in El Salvador for his decadeslong fight against impunity sinc...
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September 23, 2025 at 11:37 PM
Hundreds gathered at Central American University over a four-day wake to commemorate the life of Father Chema Tojeira. He was buried alongside Ignacio Ellacuría and their other Jesuit companions assassinated by the Salvadoran Army in 1989. #efPhoto beta.elfaro.net/en/ef-photo-...
The InterAmerican Commission on Human Rights ordered preventive measures surrounding the Salvadoran government's detention of anti corruption lawyer Ruth Lopez. www.oas.org/en/IACHR/jsF...
CIDH otorga medidas cautelares a la defensora Ruth López en El Salvador
Washington, DC—La Comisión Interamericana de Derechos Humanos (CIDH) emitió el 22 de septiembre de 2025 la Resolución 66/2025, mediante la cual otorgó medidas cautelares a favor de Ruth Eleonora López Alfaro, tras considerar que se encuentra en una situación de gravedad y urgencia toda vez que sus derechos a la vida, integridad personal y salud enfrentan un riesgo de daño irreparable en El Salvador.
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September 24, 2025 at 12:18 AM
The InterAmerican Commission on Human Rights ordered preventive measures surrounding the Salvadoran government's detention of anti corruption lawyer Ruth Lopez. www.oas.org/en/IACHR/jsF...
The government of Nayib Bukele in El Salvador is an expert at serving up flashy events for public consumption.
www.elsalvadorperspectives.com/2025/09/spec...
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September 23, 2025 at 2:49 PM
The government of Nayib Bukele in El Salvador is an expert at serving up flashy events for public consumption.
www.elsalvadorperspectives.com/2025/09/spec...
www.elsalvadorperspectives.com/2025/09/spec...
NYT Obituary of Fr. José María Tojeira
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/18/w...
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/18/w...
José María Tojeira, 78, Dies; Pursued Killers of His Fellow Priests
www.nytimes.com
September 19, 2025 at 7:06 PM
NYT Obituary of Fr. José María Tojeira
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/18/w...
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/18/w...
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Congrats to @cristosal.bsky.social, honored with the 2025 William D. Zabel Human Rights Award! Despite threats and repression, they continue to provide legal & psychosocial support to survivors, defend refugees, & pursue accountability across Central America. humanrightsfirst.org/library/cris...
Cristosal Receives 2025 William D. Zabel Human Rights Award from Human Rights First - Human Rights First
New York City — Human Rights First is proud to honor Cristosal with the 2025 William D. Zabel Human Rights Award in recognition of the organization’s unwavering commitment to justice, accountability, ...
humanrightsfirst.org
September 11, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Congrats to @cristosal.bsky.social, honored with the 2025 William D. Zabel Human Rights Award! Despite threats and repression, they continue to provide legal & psychosocial support to survivors, defend refugees, & pursue accountability across Central America. humanrightsfirst.org/library/cris...
Through August, El Salvador has received 119 flights in 2025 returning persons deported from the US. 4th highest total behind Guatemala, Honduras and Mexico.
In August 2025, ICE operated a record 240 removal flights. Passengers on these deportation flights endured hours and sometimes days in shackles. Read our @iceflightmonitor.bsky.social's August report: humanrightsfirst.org/library/ice-flight-monitor-august-2025-report/
New Report Finds Record Number of U.S. Immigration Enforcement Flights in August Under Trump Administration - Human Rights First
Washington, D.C. — A new report released today by ICE Flight Monitor, housed at Human Rights First, reveals that August 2025 marked a record-high number of U.S. immigration enforcement flights, unders...
humanrightsfirst.org
September 16, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Through August, El Salvador has received 119 flights in 2025 returning persons deported from the US. 4th highest total behind Guatemala, Honduras and Mexico.
The challenges of the government sponsored healthcare systems in El Salvador at a time of government cutbacks required by the IMF, when you won't cut the military or prison-security complex spending
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www.elsalvadorperspectives.com/2025/09/heal...
Healthcare in El Salvador 2025
The healthcare delivery system in El Salvador has three tiers, depending on how care is paid for. At the bottom of the tier is the public ...
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September 15, 2025 at 1:28 AM
The challenges of the government sponsored healthcare systems in El Salvador at a time of government cutbacks required by the IMF, when you won't cut the military or prison-security complex spending
www.elsalvadorperspectives.com/2025/09/heal...
www.elsalvadorperspectives.com/2025/09/heal...
El Salvador Perspectives was on hiatus for the last several weeks. Today's post has snippets of stories about El Salvador you might have missed. www.elsalvadorperspectives.com/2025/09/catc...
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September 8, 2025 at 3:17 PM
El Salvador Perspectives was on hiatus for the last several weeks. Today's post has snippets of stories about El Salvador you might have missed. www.elsalvadorperspectives.com/2025/09/catc...