The War On News

How governments have limited journalists, 1900 to today.

Claim 81

No specific public rationale for the freeze was documented in CPJ's report.

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

Statement
No specific public rationale for the freeze was documented in CPJ's report.
Field
stated_justification
Value
Not stated in the sources reviewed as a specific public rationale
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 TrĂ­pode S.A. de C.V.