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US Senate Republicans reject bid to probe human rights in El Salvador

By Thomson Reuters May 15, 2025 | 1:26 PM

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Senate Republicans on Thursday defeated a Democratic resolution calling for a review of human rights in El Salvador, focusing on conditions at a maximum-security prison where people deported from the United States are being held.

The Senate voted 50-45 against the resolution.

(Reporting by Patricia Zengerle; Editing by Chris Reese)