2025 in El Salvador

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Events in the year 2025 in El Salvador .

Incumbents

• President: Nayib Bukele
• Vice President: Félix Ulloa

Events

January

• 5 January – A magnitude 6.2 earthquake hits off the coast of La Paz Department, injuring two people and damaging 10 homes. ^{[1] [2]}

February

• 3 February – El Salvador and the United States reach an agreement allowing for the incarceration of migrants and imprisoned US citizens in Salvadoran prisons. ^[3]
• 4 February – A Salvadoran military contingent arrives in Haiti to assist in the UN-backed security mission there. ^[4]
• 19 February – The United States designates MS-13 as a terrorist organization. ^[5]
• 20 February – Canada designates MS-13 as a terrorist organization. ^[6]

April

• 17 April – U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) meets with Kilmar Abrego Garcia in El Salvador to push for his release. The move comes hours after being previously denied a meeting with him. ^[7]

May

• 18 May – Lawyer and human rights activist Ruth Eleonora López is arrested on charges of corruption when she was an adviser at the Supreme Electoral Court in 2014 to 2021. ^[8]

June

• 3 June – A jury in Chalatenango convicts former Defense Minister José Guillermo García and two other army officers for the murder of four Dutch journalists during the Salvadoran Civil War in 1982 and sentences them to 15 years' imprisonment. ^[9]

July

• 9 July – El Salvador recalls its ambassador to Mexico, Rosa Delmy Cañas, after Mexican authorities claim that it had intercepted an aircraft transporting 428 kilograms of cocaine that originated from El Salvador. ^[10]
• 18 July – Ten Americans held in Venezuela are released as part of an exchange with the United States that also sees the release of 252 Venezuelans deported from the US and detained in El Salvador. ^[11]
• 31 July – The Legislative Assembly of El Salvador approves amendments to the constitution abolishing presidential term limits, eliminating runoff voting, and increasing the presidential term's duration to six years. ^[12]

August

• 15 August – The Legislative Assembly of El Salvador approves a bill extending detention for suspects in organized crime to up to 36 months. ^[13]

September

• 9 September – Authorities seize packages containing 1.4 tons of cocaine found floating off the coast of El Cordoncillo. ^[14]

December

• 21 December – The Attorney General's Office announces sentences of up to 1,335 years for 248 members of MS-13 who were convicted on at least 85 charges of homicide and disappearances. ^[15]

Holidays

Source: ^{[16] [17]}

• 1 January — New Year's Day
• 17 April – Maundy Thursday
• 18 April – Good Friday
• 19 April – 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

Deaths

• 21 January — Mauricio Funes, 65, president (2009–2014). ^[18]
• 20 August — Enrique Borgo Bustamante, 96, vice president (1994–1999). ^[19]

References

1. "Sismo de 6,3 sacude El Salvador y deja 27 réplicas hasta el momento". La Republica. 5 January 2025. Retrieved 5 January 2025.
2. "Fuerte sismo deja más de una decena de viviendas con daños leves y pequeños derrumbes". Diario El Mundo. 5 January 2025. Retrieved 6 January 2025.
3. "What to know about El Salvador's mega-prison after Trump deal to send people there". AP News . 5 February 2025. Retrieved 5 February 2025.
4. "Soldiers from El Salvador join UN-backed mission in Haiti to combat gang violence". AP News . 5 February 2025. Retrieved 5 February 2025.
5. "US declares drug cartels, criminal gangs global terrorist organisations". Al Jazeera. 19 February 2025. Retrieved 20 February 2025.
6. "Following US lead, Canada designates 7 Latin American criminal groups as terrorist entities". AP News. 22 February 2025. Retrieved 22 February 2025.
7. "Sen. Van Hollen secures visit with man mistakenly deported to El Salvador". Politico . 17 April 2025.
8. "El Salvador arrests a prominent human rights lawyer on corruption charges". AP News . 20 May 2025.
9. "Salvadoran court convicts 3 former army officers in the 1982 killing of 4 Dutch journalists". AP News . 4 June 2025.
10. "El Salvador recalls its ambassador from Mexico and disputes origin of drug flight". AP News . 10 July 2025.
11. "Venezuela frees 10 Americans in swap for deported men in El Salvador". Al Jazeera . 19 July 2025. Retrieved 19 July 2025.
12. "El Salvador approves indefinite presidential reelection and extends terms to 6 years". AP News. 1 August 2025. Retrieved 1 August 2025.
13. "El Salvador to jail gang suspects without trial until 2027". France 24. 16 August 2025. Retrieved 16 August 2025.
14. "1.4 tons of cocaine found floating in Pacific Ocean 1,000 miles off coast of El Salvador". CBS News. 10 September 2025. Retrieved 10 September 2025.
15. "Gang members given hundreds-years-long sentences in El Salvador". France 24. 21 December 2024. Retrieved 22 December 2024.
16. "El Salvador Public Holidays 2025". Public Holidays Global. Retrieved 22 October 2024.
17. "National Holidays in El Salvador in 2025". Office Holidays. Retrieved 22 October 2024.
18. "Ex-Salvadoran Leader Mauricio Funes Dies In Nicaragua". Barron's . 22 January 2025. Retrieved 22 January 2025.
19. "Fallece el exvicepresidente Enrique Borgo Bustamante". Diario El Mundo (in Spanish). 21 August 2025. Retrieved 21 August 2025.

External links

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