Senate Democrats press Trump’s pick for ambassador to El Salvador on human rights. A Guatemalan journalist is murdered in the highlands close to Mexico. Costa Rica closes a probe into who ordered the murder of a Nicaraguan exile.

Between El Salvador, Honduras, and Guatemala, over two-fifths of the population go hungry. A Guatemalan man dies in a car accident while fleeing from ICE in Michigan. The region seeks to respond to electoral repression in Nicaragua.

Guatemala receives its first shipment of U.S. weapons, a Spanish reality TV show clashes with Honduran Garifunas, and El Salvador holds a deportee without criminal charges.

In Florida, Nicaraguan journalist Luis Galeano is detained by ICE despite his asylum case. In Costa Rica, an exiled Nicaraguan campesino survives an assassination attempt. In Panama, police admit to infiltrating unionists and social movements.

DHS extends TPS for El Salvador until a final decision is made “at the appropriate time.” U.S. contractors will seek to collect immigration fines from deportees. Stateless former Nicaraguan political prisoners live in precarious conditions in Guatemala.

While Central America issues alerts for El Niño, Nicaragua declares “limited” effects. Bukele approaches elections facing little opposition. Costa Rica’s president moves to slash the budget of its chief criminal investigation agency.

The U.S. deports Mexican nationals to Guatemala and Honduras. Trump uses travel visas to punish critics and reward allies. A former advisor to the president of Honduras is arrested in Bolivia on charges of attempted femicide.

The U.S. touts military ties with Panama, Honduras, and Guatemala, but tip-toes around El Salvador. Honduras calls the end of TPS a “humanitarian crisis.” El Salvador arrests a gang leader whom officials helped flee the country.