by Chris | Feb 9, 2020 | Central America News, El Salvador
When people travel to the tropics, the Bahamas or other beautiful places in Central America, they often think of the beautiful aspects of their destination. And yes, these countries are indeed very beautiful. But there exists a sad, even desperate side to these...
by Chris | Feb 6, 2020 | Central America News, El Salvador
The corruption in El Salvador is crazy. This story shows how lesser developed countries suffer from shady politics. It’s important for people to comprehend how bad things can get when government goes unchecked. In El Salvador, a protected witness recently...
by Chris | Sep 26, 2019 | Central America News, Mexico
This story keeps coming back to mind so I’ve decided to write about it. This was all over the news in 2014, just prior to the time that I decided to trek through Central America, starting in Mexico. When did it happen? Iguala, Guerrero, Mexico which is about 40...
by Chris | Sep 9, 2019 | Central America News, Disappearances
In 2009, Santiago Meza López, known as “el Pozolero” was caught dissolving bodies in Lye to make them disappear for cartels in Mexico. He dissolved more than 300 bodies for Teodoro Garcia Simental, the leader of a Mexican drug cartel that wanted him to utilize this...
by Chris | Feb 3, 2019 | Central America News, El Salvador, San Salvador, El Salvador
Shortly after moving to El Salvador, I was fortunate to be able to attend the celebration of the pivotal election of the new President of El Salvador, Nayib Bukele. I’m only a resident, so I can’t vote. However, everyone in my girlfriends family voted....
by Chris | Feb 1, 2018 | Central America News
Two journalists were murdered in Guatemala. Laurent Ángel Castillo Cifuentes worked for newspaper Nuestro Diario and Luis Alfredo de León Miranda worked for Radio Coaltepec. Both bodies we found in Suchitepéquez, in a sugarcain field the morning after both left...
