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Tim Muth

@timmuth.bsky.social

Civil rights lawyer who has written for 20 years about El Salvador at ElSalvadorPerspectives.com.

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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.

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...

03.10.2025 13:14 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

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.

02.10.2025 22:42 — 👍 32304    🔁 15544    💬 655    📌 736
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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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www.elsalvadorperspectives.com/2025/10/too-...

02.10.2025 03:12 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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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

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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02.10.2025 02:18 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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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.

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...

01.10.2025 15:12 — 👍 9    🔁 11    💬 0    📌 0
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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.

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.

24.09.2025 18:22 — 👍 425    🔁 185    💬 9    📌 13
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He reported on the rise of an autocrat. Then he had to flee his country. Our reporter fled El Salvador after uncovering corruption. He’s one of many escaping authoritarian regimes.

www.csmonitor.com/World/Americ...

29.09.2025 15:51 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 1
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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...

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-...

23.09.2025 23:37 — 👍 7    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0
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.

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...

24.09.2025 00:18 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

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...

23.09.2025 14:49 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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José María Tojeira, 78, Dies; Pursued Killers of His Fellow Priests

NYT Obituary of Fr. José María Tojeira
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/18/w...

19.09.2025 19:06 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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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, ...

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...

11.09.2025 21:17 — 👍 5    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0

Through August, El Salvador has received 119 flights in 2025 returning persons deported from the US. 4th highest total behind Guatemala, Honduras and Mexico.

16.09.2025 12:47 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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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 ...

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...

15.09.2025 01:28 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

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...

08.09.2025 15:17 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Fr. José María Tojeira, S.J. (1947-2025) Sad news from El Salvador with the sudden  death  yesterday of Jesuit Father Jose Maria ("Chema") Tojeira. He died while on a trip in Guatem...

Fr. José María Tojeira, S.J. (1947-2025) share.google/UXt7zonYK77d...

06.09.2025 13:33 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

I think it is not an exaggeration to label P. #Tojeira as a true 20th century hero.
Until the end, he was 'writing for #justice'. In one of his last columns he stated that "Water, like air, is a common good and a basic human right. Water scarcity or rising prices are an attack on human life."

#UCA

05.09.2025 17:29 — 👍 9    🔁 4    💬 0    📌 0
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Fallece padre José María Tojeira a los 78 años: así fue la trayectoria del exrector de la UCA - La Prensa Gráfica El padre José María Tojeira se destacó por brindar perspectivas sobre la realidad salvadoreña y ser director del Instituto de Derechos de la UCA (Idhuca).

Sad news from El Salvador with death of Jesuit Father Jose Maria Tojeira. He was a fellow Jesuit of those massacred at the UCA in 1989, and continued in El Salvador until the time of his death as an outspoken voice for social justice and human rights. www.laprensagrafica.com/elsalvador/F...

05.09.2025 17:44 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

It’s not just that the President of the United States posted a video of eleven people being murdered in international waters it’s that the President of the United States ordered the murder of eleven people in international waters so he could post a video of it.

03.09.2025 00:35 — 👍 18233    🔁 5725    💬 394    📌 271

It is troubling that the New York Times, NPR, CNN, LA Times, etc. are scarcely mentioning that the president, Hegseth and Rubio are bragging about executing 11 individuals at sea whom they could have captured, in violation of US and international law.

03.09.2025 22:00 — 👍 11    🔁 4    💬 0    📌 0

The National Guard is, in some ways, a distraction. What's going to happen in Chicago is going to be a massive ICE enforcement blitz.

03.09.2025 19:09 — 👍 1238    🔁 517    💬 73    📌 28

El Salvador's Bukele labeled human rights group Cristosal a "foreign agent", imprisoned its top anti-corruption lawyer, and forced it into exile. But the work does not stop. Read its latest report, CORRUPTION REGIME: The Hidden Business of El Salvador’s Prison System cristosal.org/EN/wp-conten...

03.09.2025 18:06 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

A good report about how the federal SCAAP program feeds data into ICE deportation machine. Some quotes from me about how we analyzed it in Wisconsin.

01.09.2025 21:19 — 👍 43    🔁 21    💬 0    📌 0
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Crackdown on immigrant workers at a Wisconsin cheese factory triggers backlash, solidarity • Wisconsin Examiner Pulling together to resist the violence of the anti-immigrant Trump administration, unions recognize the common struggle of working people

Crackdown on immigrant workers at a Wisconsin cheese factory triggers backlash, solidarity wisconsinexaminer.com/2025/08/29/c...

29.08.2025 20:35 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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El Salvador is enforcing strict student dress codes to bring discipline back to schools Principals in El Salvador have started greeting students at school gates to inspect haircuts and uniforms

But I'm pretty sure that bad haircuts are not the root cause of poor academic performance in El Salvador.

www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/0...

26.08.2025 14:06 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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The Trump admin re-arrested Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the Maryland father whom they wrongfully deported to El Salvador, after he was let out of jail and allowed to return home.

ICE is now “processing” his deportation to Uganda.

Story: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

25.08.2025 15:54 — 👍 172    🔁 72    💬 32    📌 16

I presume this primarily reflects the drop in border apprehensions and tells us little about increasing removals directed towards undocumented Salvadorans who have lived for years in the US.

15.08.2025 14:00 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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¿Cuántos salvadoreños deportaron de Estados Unidos en el primer semestre de 2025? - La Prensa Gráfica En el caso de México, las deportaciones de salvadoreños crecieron un 30.96 % con 109 registros más, pasando de 352 en 2024 a 461 en 2025.

According to Salvadoran government statistics, the number of Salvadorans deported from the US fell 24% in the first half of 2025 compared to the first half of 2025. www.laprensagrafica.com/elsalvador/C...

15.08.2025 14:00 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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Central American Immigrants in the United States Central Americans comprise one of the fastest-growing immigrant groups in the United States, and now account for nearly one in every ten immigrants. Most Central American immigrants come from either E...

Quality data regarding migration from Central America to US. www.migrationpolicy.org/article/cent...

14.08.2025 23:39 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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One Week Watching Bukele on Prime Time TV El Salvador’s Canal 10 has been transformed into a vehicle for institutional propaganda. Since its relaunch in 2020, the public television channel has been remade from a cultural station into the voic...

Here's how to know how the president of El Salvador wants his public to view each item in the news. beta.elfaro.net/en/a-region-...

12.08.2025 02:21 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

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