Shortly after Trump’s administration Deported hundreds of Venezuelanians in El Salvador This weekend, the Salvadorant President, Nayib Bukele, posted a three -minute video on social networks. It included men who started from the plane through a dramatic electronic sound record and in prison, where the balds were shaved.
Mr Bukele also smiled an American judge who unsuccessfully ordered the flights to turn, posting on X, “Oopsie … too late”, with a smiling emoji. Secretary of State Marco Rubio shared the video as well as Elon Musk. Mr. Trump thanked Mr. Bukela on the net, saying, “We will not forget!”
The role of El Salvador in the deportation of Trump’s administration deportation signals a new level of power and global visibility for Mr. Bukele, who became president in 37 2019 and was re -chosen by landslide last year.
He became the most popular leader of Latin America for his gang removal, even while suspending key civic freedoms, and US prosecutors accused him of secretly negotiating with the same gangs. He now positions himself as a key regional ally to Mr. Trump.
The world ‘sweetest dictator’
Mr. Bukele uses social media to project a smooth and casual appearance-often carrying shades of baseball cap and air shades to respond to criticism of his approach to crime and violence with an iron fist.
In the spring of 2022, after an increase in gang violence, El Salvador swamped, the government imposed an extraordinary state that has since existed. Mr. Bukele strengthened the police and military forces for execute mass arrestsWhat kind of human rights groups say they have trapped without any process of people who have nothing to do.
Many of 85,000 Salvadoran caught They disappeared in the prison system, which they held for years without trial and without their families knew alive.
Mr. Bukele has also been charged with undergoing democratic institutions. Accepted criticism, calling himself a world “the coldest dictator. “
Adding to his personal person for crimes, highly produced videos and photographs that his government regularly releases. Foxes or prisoners make menless men Factory conditions. And they often include footage from the banned terror constipation center, known as Cecot, a place to enter up to 40,000 prisoners.
The covenant with Trump
The embrace of Mr. Bukele’s security forces and his promotion of the Crypto currency Bitcoin deserved praise in the inner circle of Mr. Trump.
It’s recently Met with Mr. male At Tesla Factory in Texas.
Last month, Mr. Bukele took Mr. Rubioa on a sunny tour of the presidential residence outside San Salvador. After, Announced Mr. Rubio That Mr. Bukele offered to take over the deportation of any citizenship, including Americans, and to place them in Cecot – at a fee.
In that group, Mr. Rubio said, would be “any illegal stranger in the United States who is a criminal of any nationality, whether from MS-13 or a moment de Aragua,” Salvadorane and Venezuela gangs.
The White House spokeswoman said on Monday that El Salvador would get $ 6 million to take over Venecuela’s deporters, for which the US government said to be members of the members Too de Araguawithout giving evidence or the name of a detainee.
Return of MS-13 members
The day after Mr. Rubioa’s announcement, the Salvadorant ambassador to Washington, Milena Mayorga, said Mr. Bukele asked to include MS-13 leaders among deported in El Salvador, “as honor.”
“The president was Tup and he said Rubio: I want you to send me gang leaders who are in the United States,” Ms. Mayorga said.
The deportants also included two salvadoran men described by Mr. Rubio as “dangerous MS-13 leaders.
Mr. Bukele’s relationship with MS-13-Koji began in El Salvador, but spread through Latin America and the United States-Complicated.
Under the administration of bidet, Defendant Ministry of Justice Mr. Bukele and his administration to secretly negotiate a pact with certain band leaders: in exchange for assistance in retaining the number of murders, Salvadoran officials offered them privileges behind bars, the department said.
Top Salvadorant officials, The Ministry of Justice was said, He also helped the MS-13 chief escape from the country even though the United States requested his extradition.
In 2021, the Ministry of Finance was imposed on sanctioned against members of the Management Board due to the settlement of services of gang leaders. Mr. Bukela and members of his administration were appointed in the US indictments of MS-13 leaders.
Mr. Bukele denied the contract with the band leaders.
Although its popularity has grown, some analysts say that the Salvadoran leader may be afraid to lose his power if his alleged cooperation with band leaders completely came to light.
Mr. Bukele said he would deport at least a year and make them work and participate in workshops under the program called “Zero idleness”.
Announcing the arrival of flights this weekend, he called them “first”.
Gabriel Labrador Contribute to reporting from San Salvador.
