Since January 2014, as many as 83 undocumented immigrants, having fled violence in their homes countries (only to be deported by the United States), have been murdered upon their return to El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras. A Guardian investigation identified three separate Honduran men killed in their hometowns.

Of the more than 5,400 children, mostly from El Salvador, have applied to join their parents who are already (legally) in the United States, under the Obama administration’s Central American Minors program, established in December, not a single one has been granted entry, the New York Times reports.

This past Saturday, the small Central American country of El Salvador celebrated its first homicide-free day since leftist president Mauricio Funes assumed control nearly three years ago.

In a country with over twenty volcanoes, it's a tradition in El Salvador to throw flaming balls of fire at each other to show their respect for them. Check it out, CNN even gives you the recipe for the fireballs!

[A clown in El Salvador protests bandits dressing up like clowns to rob and kill people by spitting a huge ball of fire into the air. Image via AP]

Christian Poveda, who just completed a documentary on El Salvadoran gangs, was shot to death.