内容摘要：was filled with a crush of people trying to make their way to the United States. Now, the makeshift migrant camp has become a ghost town.

was filled with a crush of people trying to make their way to the United States. Now, the makeshift migrant camp has become a ghost town.

El Salvador Security Minister Gustavo Villatoro said earlier Friday that El Salvador was pleased to share its experience with Costa Rica, a country that until recently had been a reference for peace, but now struggles with bloodshed like El Salvador once had.“This is not a question of copy and paste, but rather of learning what we have done and implementing in each country what precisely can be done to rescue thousands of Costa Ricans, thousands of Salvadorans and imprisoning hundreds,” Villatoro said.

El Salvador’s new gang prison, where inmates are held in large cells and never allowed outside, has gained more attention in recent weeks after the U.S. government, it accused of having gang ties to be held there.Costa Rica continues to struggle with historically high homicide numbers.

In 2023, Costa Rica set a homicide record with 907, down somewhat in 2024 to 880. So far this year, the country is on nearly the same homicide pace as last year, according to government data.Unlike Bukele, Chaves does not hold a majority in Congress and has not remade Costa Rica’s courts to remove opposition.

Costa Rica — long applauded for a robust ecotourism industry, environmental conservation and relative peace — has been wracked by violence in recent years, largely attributed to drug trafficking. Costa Rica has become a key way station for cocaine exports to Europe and the United States.

Associated Press writer Javier Cordoba in San Jose, Costa Rica contributed to this report.A wounded journalist talks on the phone after being shot by gangs at the General Hospital in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Dec. 24, 2024. (AP Photo/Jean Feguens Regala, File)

, including Asperges, who was shot in the stomach. It was the worst attack on reporters in Haiti in recent history.“Everyone is threatened. Everyone is under pressure,” said Max Chauvet, director of operations at Le Nouvelliste, Haiti’s oldest independent newspaper.

Donning a bulletproof vest emblazoned with “PRESS” on it is now a dangerous move in Haiti. What used to serve as a symbolic and physical shield has become a target.At least 10 journalists covering a major March protest were attacked, including Jephte Bazil, a videographer who runs his own media company, Machann Zen Haïti.