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RED CROSS RESPONDERS DIE IN TRAFFIC ACCIDENT

The tragedy occurred Sunday afternoon, after Red Cross responders from the La Unión branch concluded their participation in the “Paso del Hombre.” The traffic accident occurred at around half past four in the afternoon, on…

COMANDOS DEMONSTRATES EFFECTIVENESS IN EMERGENCIES

On Sunday morning, domestic and foreign tourists were alarmed when hundreds of volunteers from Comandos de Salvamento de El Salvador filled El Majahual Beach, in La Libertad Sur. It was a drill in which rescuers,…

COMANDOS PRESENT RESCUE PLAN FOR HOLY WEEK

The executive director of Comandos de Salvamento de El Salvador, Roberto Cruz, announced the Summer 2026 Rescue Plan, which will run from March 28 to April 5, with 1,500 volunteers participating to provide assistance to…

25 YEARS OF A TRAGEDY

On the morning of January 13, 2001, El Salvador was shaken by a powerful earthquake that left more than 900 people dead and some five thousand injured. Comandos de Salvamento de El Salvador was one…

GUATEMALAN MAN’S BODY RECOVERED FROM LEMPA RIVER

This morning, rescuers from Comandos de Salvamento de El Salvador, Sensuntepeque branch, began recovery efforts for the body of Nixon René Antonio Hernández, 52, who disappeared last Sunday in the waters of the Lempa River.…

GUATEMALAN MAN DROWNS AND REMAINS MISSING

Members of the Diving Unit of Comandos de Salvamento of El Salvador, rescuers and emergency responders from the Sensuntepeque branch, conducted an intensive search in recent days for a Guatemalan citizen who disappeared in the…

EQUIPMENT DELIVERED THANKS TO NORWEGIAN PEOPLE’S AID

Members of the Board of Directors and executive management of Comandos de Salvamento de El Salvador delivered supplies and equipment on Saturday morning to delegates from the various chapters so they could respond to emergencies…

PRINCESA IS RESCUED BY COMANDOS

This midday, during a vertical rescue operation, volunteers from Comandos de Salvamento of El Salvador rescued a female dog named “Princesa” who was trapped in the Acelhuate River, Aguilares sector, Colonia El Porvenir, located at…

ON THE EVE OF GRADUATION, RESCUERS CARRY OUT FINAL TEST

More than twenty-five young rescuers carried out their final evaluations this Saturday morning in order to graduate as members of the Vertical Rescue Unit of Comandos de Salvamento. The volunteers walked from the entrance to…

NEW RESCUERS IN THE FINAL STRETCH

Vertical Rescue instructors from Comandos de Salvamento of El Salvador conducted practical exercises with students from the “Yolanda Elizabeth Ramírez” Comandos School, where young volunteers are preparing to graduate as new rescuers. The now-rescuers carried…

DRUNK DRIVER DECAPITATES HIS PASSENGER

Early this morning, members of the Rescue Unit of Comandos de Salvamento, freed two people who had been trapped in a traffic accident recorded at kilometer 3 of the Road to El Salvador International Airport.…

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