Meet the children left without parents under El Salvador’s emergency decree
As El Salvador’s state of emergency turns four years old, families warn of the toll of the mass arrests on children.
![Rubidia Hernández and her 6-year-old granddaughter pictured in their home, where her son also used to live, in the outskirts of Nahuizalco, El Salvador. [Euan Wallace/ Al Jazeera]](/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/DSC00428-1774484123.jpg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)
As El Salvador’s state of emergency turns four years old, families warn of the toll of the mass arrests on children.
![Rubidia Hernández and her 6-year-old granddaughter pictured in their home, where her son also used to live, in the outskirts of Nahuizalco, El Salvador. [Euan Wallace/ Al Jazeera]](/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/DSC00428-1774484123.jpg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)








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