2024 in El Salvador explained

See also: 2024 in Central America.

Events in the year 2024 in El Salvador.

Incumbents

• President: Nayib Bukele
• Vice President: Félix Ulloa

Events

January

• 6 January – Electronic voting for Salvadoran expatriates in the presidential and legislative elections begins.^[1]

February

• 4 February – 2024 Salvadoran general election: Salvadorans elect their president, vice president and the Legislative Assembly.^[2] Nayib Bukele is reelected as president.^[3]

March

• 3 March – 2024 Salvadoran general election (local offices).^[4]
• 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]

September

• 8 September – Mauricio Arriaza Chicas, the head of the National Civil Police is killed along with a fraud suspect and seven others in a helicopter crash near Pasaquina.^[12]
• 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]
• 30 October – The Legislative Assembly of El Salvador approves a proposal to send soldiers to Haiti as part of the United Nations Multinational Security Support Mission against gangs.^[15]

Holidays

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• 1 January — New Year's Day
• 28 March – Maundy Thursday
• 29 March – Good Friday
• 30 March – Easter Saturday
• 1 May – Labour Day
• 10 May – Mother's Day
• 17 June – Father's Day
• 6 August – Feast of San Salvador
• 15 September – Independence Day
• 2 November – All Saints' Day
• 25 December – Christmas Day

External links

• Online calendar

Notes and References

1. Web site: Crespín . Verónica . 2024-01-06 . Arranca voto electrónico para 741,094 salvadoreños con DUI en el exterior . 2024-01-06 . Diario El Mundo . es.
2. Web site: Los 622 Funcionarios Públicos que Elegirán los Salvadoreños en 2024. The 622 Public Workers that Salvadorans Will Elect in 2024. es. 3 July 2023. 20 November 2023. El Mundo.
3. Web site: TSE Entrega Credenciales a Bukele y Ulloa para Período Presidencial 2024-2029. The TSE Gives Credentials to Bukele and Ulloa for the 2024–2029 Presidential Term. es. 29 February 2024. 29 February 2024. El Mundo. Verónica. Crespín.
4. Web site: El Salvador's former leftist strongholds contemplate party's demise. en. 6 March 2024. 3 June 2024. Associated Press.
5. Web site: 2024-03-24 . Bukele anuncia capturas y cerco militar por homicidios en Chalatenango . 2024-03-25 . Diario El Mundo . es.
6. Web site: 1 June 2024 . El Salvador says it foiled a plot to plant bombs on the day of President Bukele's inauguration . 1 June 2024 . Associated Press . en.
7. Web site: 1 June 2024 . El Salvador's 'all-powerful' gang-busting President Bukele sworn in for second term . 2 June 2024 . France 24 . en.
8. Web site: 11 June 2024 . 2 teens are killed when a bedroom wall collapses after heavy rains on an island in El Salvador . 11 June 2024 . Associated Press . en.
9. Web site: 18 June 2024 . 7 people die in events related to heavy rains in El Salvador . 18 June 2024 . Associated Press . en.
10. Web site: 2024-06-21 . El Salvador death toll rises to 19 as heavy rains continue . 2024-06-22 . AP News . en.
11. News: Estudiantes fueron picados por enjambre de abejas en Juayúa. Students were stung by swarm of bees in Juayua. 29 August 2024. 30 August 2024. ElSalvador.com. es.
12. Web site: El Salvador's chief of police dies in suspicious helicopter crash . 2024-09-09 . BBC . en-GB.
13. Web site: The first US Peace Corps volunteers return to El Salvador since leaving in 2016 because of violence . 2024-10-02 . Associated Press . 28 September 2024 . en-US.
14. Web site: El Salvador troops target gangs in large-scale operation . 2024-10-29 . France 24 . 28 October 2024 . en-GB.
15. Web site: El Salvador's congress approves sending troop contingent to Haiti . 2024-10-31 . Associated Press . 31 October 2024 . en-US.
16. Web site: El Salvador Public Holidays 2024. 20 November 2023 . Public Holidays Global.
17. News: National Holidays in El Salvador in 2024 . 20 November 2023 . Office Holidays . en.