Claim 78

CPJ reported the asset freeze occurred between February and April 2026.

Published 2026-09-22. Last reviewed 2026-09-22. 1 source.

Statement: CPJ reported the asset freeze occurred between February and April 2026.
Field: occurred_on
Value: 2026-04-01
About: incident 2026-el-salvador-freezes-el-faro-shareholder-assets
Source: Bukele administration freezes Salvadoran news outlet's assets in latest act of retaliation
Publisher: Committee to Protect Journalists
Method: outlet report
Checked: 2026-09-22
Confidence: medium
Status: current
Source date: 2026-05-08

Quotation from the source

Between February and April 2026, the Salvadoran government placed "preventative annotations" on a bank account and real estate property belonging to two partners of Trípode S.A. de C.V.