Grade A · 19 Oct 2020
Ministerio de Justicia y Seguridad Pública (official)
Supports the reported status: Deployed · limited scope.
El Salvador International Airport Saint Óscar Arnulfo Romero y Galdámez
Biometric migration control at El Salvador's airport migration posts
Current reported state
Deployed · limited scope
In May 2019 El Salvador's migration authority installed a biometric control system at the airport's migration posts, with document and fingerprint readers and webcams, paid for from its own funds and the citizen-security levy, ElSalvador.com reported on 20 May 2019.
The system was shown to US officials in October 2020, the Ministry of Justice and Security said on 19 October 2020.
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Grade B · 20 May 2019
ElSalvador.com
Supports the reported status: Deployed · limited scope.
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