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]
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]
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]
