Marcos Aleman

Marcos Aleman

November 23, 2021 | Daily Business Review

US Diplomat in El Salvador Critical of Government Leaves Job

The diplomat criticized President Nayib Bukele's government for not fulfilling an extradition agreement to send members of the MS-13 gang to the U.S. for trial.

By Marcos Aleman

3 minute read

January 31, 2019 | Daily Business Review

El Salvador's Leading Presidential Candidate Bukele Targets Graft

Nayib Bukele, a young businessman and former mayor of El Salvador's capital, is well positioned to break the hold of the two parties that have dominated the government for three decades.

By Marcos Aleman

6 minute read

August 29, 2016 | Daily Business Review

In El Salvador, 'Gang Pastor' Alleged to Be Crime Financier

Prosecutors allege that Marvin Ramos Quintanilla used his pastoral credentials to access prisons so he could conspire with jailed leaders of the feared Mara Salvatrucha gang.

By Marcos Aleman, Associated Press

13 minute read

July 06, 2016 | Daily Business Review

El Salvador, Deadliest Nation in 2015, Sees Lull in Violence

After becoming the world's murder capital last year and posting an equally bloody start to 2016, this violence-torn Central American nation has seen its monthly homicide rate fall by about half.

By E. Eduardo Castillo and Marcos Aleman, Associated Press

10 minute read

February 12, 2016 | Daily Business Review

Salvador High Court Orders Civil Prosecution of Ex-President

El Salvador's Supreme Court ordered a lower tribunal to open a civil prosecution against former President Mauricio Funes for possible illicit enrichment.

By Marcos Aleman, Associated Press

2 minute read

December 18, 2015 | Daily Business Review

El Salvador Concerned Over Spike in Child Migration to US

El Salvador's foreign minister expressed concern over a recent spike in the number of unaccompanied minors crossing into the U.S. through Mexico.

By Marcos Aleman

2 minute read

December 18, 2015 | Daily Business Review

El Salvador Concerned Over Spike in Child Migration to US

El Salvador's foreign minister expressed concern over a recent spike in the number of unaccompanied minors crossing into the U.S. through Mexico.

By Marcos Aleman

2 minute read

April 10, 2015 | Daily Business Review

Homicides in El Salvador Reach Record as Gang Violence Grows

El Salvador had more homicides in March than any other single month in a decade, a dark milestone that some attribute to the collapse of a gang truce and one that could mark a trend of greater violence to come.

By Marcos Aleman and Alberto Arce

4 minute read

April 10, 2015 | Daily Business Review

Homicides in El Salvador Reach Record as Gang Violence Grows

El Salvador had more homicides in March than any other single month in a decade, a dark milestone that some attribute to the collapse of a gang truce and one that could mark a trend of greater violence to come.

By Marcos Aleman and Alberto Arce

4 minute read