Shortly after Trump Administration deported hundreds of Venezuelans to El Salvador This weekend, President Salvadorà, Nayib Bukele, posted a three -minute video on social media. It featured foolish men who were marked by a plane on a dramatic electronic soundtrack and prison, where they became bald.
Mr. Bukele also puzzled the United States Judge, who unsuccessfully ordered the flights to turn, publishing X, « Oopsie … too late », with an emoji of laughter. Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, shared the video, as Elon Musk did. Mr. Trump thanked Mr. Bukele online, saying, « We will not forget! »
El Salvador’s role in the Trump administration’s deportation strategy indicates a new level of power and global visibility for Mr. Bukele, who became president at the age of 37 in 2019 and was Re -elected by a landslide Last year.
He has become the most popular leader in Latin America for his retirement from bands, even when he has suspended key civilian freedoms and has been accused by North -American prosecutors of secret negotiating with the same bands. It is now positioned as a crucial regional ally of Mr. Trump.
The world’s most fun dictator
Mr. Bukele uses social media to project a casual and casual aspect, often carried a baseball cap and aviator shades behind and to respond to criticism of his iron fist approach to crime and violence.
In the spring of 2022, after an increase in band violence led to El Salvador, the government imposed an emergency state that has been running since. Mr. Bukele seized police and military forces at perform mass arrestsThat human rights groups say they have become without the process due to people who have no band ties.
Many 85,000 Salvadorrans captured They have disappeared in the prison system, held for years without judgment and without their families knowing if they are alive.
Bukele has also been accused of undermining democratic institutions. He has adopted criticism, referring to himself as the world « Cooler dictation. « »
To his hard person, there are the videos and the photos very produced that his government launches regularly. It has men without shirt in handles or prisoners who work Conditions similar to the factory. And often include images of the center of confinement of banned terrorism, known as Cecot, a Hulking site that can house up to 40,000 inmates.
An alliance with Trump
Mr. Bukele’s hug of emergency security powers and his promotion of Cryptocurrencies Bitcoin has won praise in the inner circle of Mr. Trump.
Was given a Hoofing to the conservative CPAC event last year and recently met with Mr Musk In a Tesla plant in Texas.
Last month, Mr. Bukele brought Mr. Rubio on a sun tour of the presidential residence outside San Salvador. Then, Announced Rubio That Mr. Bukele had offered to take deporters of any nationality, including the North -Americans, and to accommodate Cecot, for a price.
In this group, he said that Mr. Rubio would be « any illegal alien in the United States to be a criminal of any nationality, whether MS-13 or the Aragua train », the Salvadoranes and Venezuelan bands.
A spokeswoman for the White House said on Monday that El Salvador would receive $ 6 million to assume the Venezuelan deportees, which the United States government said they were members of Aragua trainWithout offering tests or names of the detainees.
The created deportation panic among Venezuelan familieswho feared that his relatives would be among those delivered to the Salvadora authorities.
Returning to MS-13 members
The day after Mr. Rubio’s announcement, Ambassador Salvadore in Washington, Milena Mayorga, said that Mr. Bukele had asked to include MS-13 leaders among those deported to El Salvador, « as honor. »
« The President was forceful and told Rubio: I want you to send me the leaders of the band in the United States, » said Mrs. Mayorga.
The deportees also included two saving men described by Mr. Rubio as « dangerous leaders MS-13 ».
Mr. Bukele’s relationship with MS-13, who started in El Salvador, but has spread to Latin America and the United States is complicated.
Under the administration of Biden, the Department of Accused Justice Mr. Bukele and his administration to secretly negotiate a pact with certain band leaders: In exchange for helping to reduce homicide numbers, Savior officials offered privileges behind the bars, the department said.
The highest Salvadorans officials, The Department of Justice said: He also helped a MS-13 head escaping from the country, although the United States had requested their extradition.
By 2021, the Treasury Department imposed sanctioned against members of the Administration to prevent favors on band leaders. Mr. Bukele and members of his administration were appointed in American accusations of MS-13 leaders.
Bukele has denied making an agreement with band leaders.
Although its popularity has increased, some analysts say that the Salvadoran leader may be afraid to lose power over power if their alleged collaboration with band leaders would come to light.
Mr. Bukele said that deportees will be held at least one year and were made to work and attend workshops by virtue of a program called « Zero idleness ».
When announcing the arrival of this weekend flights, he called them « the first ».
Gabriel Labrador contributed to reporting San Salvador.
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