2024 in El Salvador

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Events in the year 2024 in El Salvador .

Incumbents

• President: Nayib Bukele
• Vice President: Félix Ulloa

Events

January

• 6 January – Electronic voting for Salvadoran expatriates in the presidential and legislative elections begins. ^[1]

February

• 4 February – 2024 Salvadoran general election: Salvadorans elect their president, vice president and the Legislative Assembly. ^[2] Nayib Bukele is reelected as president. ^[3]

March

• 3 March – 2024 Salvadoran general election (local offices). ^[4]
• 24 March – President Nayib Bukele announces the beginning of a blockade of four municipalities in northern El Salvador, mobilizing 5,000 soldiers and 1,000 police officers to arrest suspected gang members. ^[5]

May

• 31 May – Authorities announce the discovery of a plot to detonate bombs across the country coinciding with President Bukele's inauguration on 1 June. Former FMLN congressman José Santos Melara is arrested on suspicion of involvement. ^[6]

June

• 1 June – Nayib Bukele is inaugurated as President for a second term. ^[7]
• 10 June – Two people are killed in a landslide caused by heavy rains in Meanguera del Golfo. ^[8]
• 17 June – Five people are killed in landslides in Tacuba. ^[9]
• 21 June – The death toll from torrential rains in El Salvador increases to 19 people, including at least two children. ^[10]

August

• 28 August – A magnitude 6.1 earthquake hits La Libertad Department, resulting in 50 people being injured in Juayúa after being stung by bees from a fallen beehive. ^[11]

September

• 8 September – Mauricio Arriaza Chicas, the head of the National Civil Police is killed along with a fraud suspect and seven others in a helicopter crash near Pasaquina. ^[12]
• 27 September – The US Peace Corps is deployed to El Salvador for the first time since being pulled out in 2016 due to gang violence. ^[13]

October

• 28 October – A joint military-police operation involving 2,500 security personnel is launched to find suspected gang members in the 10 de Octubre neighborhood of San Salvador. ^[14]
• 30 October – The Legislative Assembly of El Salvador approves a proposal to send soldiers to Haiti as part of the United Nations Multinational Security Support Mission against gangs. ^[15]

December

• 20 December – The Inter-American Court of Human Rights finds the Salvadoran government responsible for committing obstetric violence, health violations and violating the physical integrity of a woman whom it denied abortion despite carrying a anencephalic fetus. ^[16]

Holidays

Source: ^{[17] [18]}

• 1 January — New Year's Day
• 28 March – Maundy Thursday
• 29 March – Good Friday
• 30 March – Easter Saturday
• 1 May – Labour Day
• 10 May – Mother's Day
• 17 June – Father's Day
• 6 August – Feast of San Salvador
• 15 September – Independence Day
• 2 November – All Saints' Day
• 25 December – Christmas Day

References

1. Crespín, Verónica (6 January 2024). "Arranca voto electrónico para 741,094 salvadoreños con DUI en el exterior". Diario El Mundo (in Spanish). Retrieved 6 January 2024.
2. "Los 622 Funcionarios Públicos que Elegirán los Salvadoreños en 2024" [The 622 Public Workers that Salvadorans Will Elect in 2024]. El Mundo (in Spanish). 3 July 2023. Retrieved 20 November 2023.
3. Crespín, Verónica (29 February 2024). "TSE Entrega Credenciales a Bukele y Ulloa para Período Presidencial 2024-2029" [The TSE Gives Credentials to Bukele and Ulloa for the 2024–2029 Presidential Term]. El Mundo (in Spanish). Retrieved 29 February 2024.
4. "El Salvador's former leftist strongholds contemplate party's demise". Associated Press . 6 March 2024. Retrieved 3 June 2024.
5. "Bukele anuncia capturas y cerco militar por homicidios en Chalatenango". Diario El Mundo (in Spanish). 24 March 2024. Retrieved 25 March 2024.
6. "El Salvador says it foiled a plot to plant bombs on the day of President Bukele's inauguration". Associated Press. 1 June 2024. Retrieved 1 June 2024.
7. "El Salvador's 'all-powerful' gang-busting President Bukele sworn in for second term". France 24. 1 June 2024. Retrieved 2 June 2024.
8. "2 teens are killed when a bedroom wall collapses after heavy rains on an island in El Salvador". Associated Press. 11 June 2024. Retrieved 11 June 2024.
9. "7 people die in events related to heavy rains in El Salvador". Associated Press. 18 June 2024. Retrieved 18 June 2024.
10. "El Salvador death toll rises to 19 as heavy rains continue". AP News. 21 June 2024. Retrieved 22 June 2024.
11. "Estudiantes fueron picados por enjambre de abejas en Juayúa" [Students were stung by swarm of bees in Juayua]. ElSalvador.com (in Spanish). 29 August 2024. Retrieved 30 August 2024.
12. "El Salvador's chief of police dies in suspicious helicopter crash". BBC. 9 September 2024. Retrieved 9 September 2024.
13. "The first US Peace Corps volunteers return to El Salvador since leaving in 2016 because of violence". Associated Press. 28 September 2024. Retrieved 2 October 2024.
14. "El Salvador troops target gangs in large-scale operation". France 24. 28 October 2024. Retrieved 29 October 2024.
15. "El Salvador's congress approves sending troop contingent to Haiti". Associated Press. 31 October 2024. Retrieved 31 October 2024.
16. "Regional court faults El Salvador for denying a mother's access to abortion, violating her rights". Associated Press. 31 October 2024. Retrieved 21 December 2024.
17. "El Salvador Public Holidays 2024". Public Holidays Global. Retrieved 20 November 2023.
18. "National Holidays in El Salvador in 2024". Office Holidays. Retrieved 20 November 2023.

External links

• Online calendar