"Ruth López collaborated in the theft of funds from state coffers," the Attorney General's Office said in its post on X.

Ruth López was detained Sunday in what rights groups say represents a ‘dangerous escalation’ in President Nayib Bukele’s ...

The corruption charges against Salvadoran rights activist Ruth López, a leading critic of President Nayib Bukele, are ...

Human rights groups have called for the immediate release of Ruth López, whose whereabouts are unknown since her arrest by ...

Authorities in El Salvador have arrested a prominent attorney critical of President Nayib Bukele, in a move criticized by ...

El Salvador has arrested an anticorruption lawyer from one of the country’s premier human rights organizations, alleging that she participated in the embezzlement of funds when she held a government p ...

El Salvadoran authorities have arrested a prominent human rights and anti-corruption lawyer over accusations of embezzlement while she served as a state official.

Ruth Lopez, a prominent human rights lawyer in El Salvador, was arrested on embezzlement charges. Her organization, Cristosal, claims her detainment is politically motivated. The arrest is linked to a ...

Noah Bullock of Cristosal cautions ... rather to concentrate power and to capture institutions.” Here and in El Salvador, it is important to vigorously call out the erosion of democratic ...

The violent intervention by uniformed officers set a historic precedent in El Salvador since the signing of the peace ... Zaira Navas, head of the Anti-Corruption team at Cristosal — the country’s ...