Nayib Bukele and his strongman myth
Shortly after the US government accused his administration of negotiating with gangs, El Salvador’s president made a political calculation and responded with a heavy hand
Bukele shows off thousands of imprisoned gang members in new mega prison
The president assures that the prisoners ‘will live for decades’ in the immense prison built as part of his controversial security strategy, where they will not be able to do ‘any more harm to the population’
Leaked database reveals prison abuses under El Salvador’s state of emergency
The records, to which Human Rights Watch has had access, have exposed overcrowding, deaths in custody and the detention of over 1,000 minors including children as young as 12
Mexico’s López Obrador accuses Biden of ‘disdain’ in talks on immigration, fentanyl trafficking and security
The Mexican president told his US counterpart to ‘do away’ with his ‘abandonment of Latin America’ in a bilateral meeting held as part of the North American Leaders’ Summit
The toll of El Salvador’s gang crackdown: ‘Police and soldiers have absolute power’
Bryan Avelar|San Salvador|
The Mara Salvatrucha, the largest and most dangerous criminal structure in the country, is losing ground thanks to President Nayib Bukele’s state of emergency. But at what cost?
El Salvador’s Nayib Bukele to deploy police and military to ‘extract’ gang members
The move marks an escalation of the president’s controversial crackdown on criminal organizations, which has been widely condemned by human rights groups
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