A Comando in San Francisco
Jose Hernandez, Comando de Popotlan 1990-1993 recently visited the central base of Comandos. Jose now lives and works in San Francisco USA.
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International
Puyallup Extrication Team
Recently, Comandos de Salvamento International Representatives Mark Hoffman and Josue Martinez were invited by Jeff Pugh, leader of the Puyallup Extrication Team in Puyallup, Washington, in order to give a presentation on the work of CDS…
New York City: 10 Years After
In the name of Comandos de Salvamento, International Reps from the USA arrived in NYC the end of September to visit Ground zero and surrounding areas to pay respect and maintain memory of what…
Comandos do Half Marathon
Mark Hoffman, International Representative of CDS, conquered a half marathon in name of all Comandos de Salvamento volunteers that are currently rescuing and assisting Salvadoran victims of flooding that has recently hit the country of…
Riding the Tsunami
March 11 2011 Japan
Solidarity with Norway
Norway has suffered a terrorist attack. Norwegian solidarity towards our agency with assistance through People’s Norwegian Aid has lasted for over25 years. We extend our prayers and support for affected families. Vi klemme deg brødre…
Comandos in the Associated Foreign Press
Credit: AFP Photos: CDS Translation: Marco Comandos de Salvamento, an EMS agency with limited resources but with courage and dedication, reports 50 years of humanitarian work in El Salvador that sometimes becomes dangerous because of…
Guatemalan National Robbed
MUGGING Guatemalan National 31yo Feliz Itzp Oxlay was attended to in the central base walk in clinic of Comandos de Salvamento in San Salvador. He was injured during an assault in the Tiendona Market near…
Immortalized in an Anthropology Book
A Salvadoran student of Anthropology recently forwarded us a scanned image from her book Cultures and customs of El Salvador by Boland, R. (2001). Westport Connecticut: Greenwood Press. The image was taken during the general…
A Letter to Mayen, “To my Father”
The following is a letter from the daughter of Mayen that lives in Miami. She contacted us via our Facebook page. Eduardo Rivera Mayen or “papi” as I used to know him, was a man…
Prayers for Japan: Waves Reach the USA
Waves from the Tsunami have arrived to the USA damaging the city of Crescent City Oregon and harbors in Santa Cruz California. There have been reports of some people being swept away by ocean waves…
