ReutersUS Secretary of State Marco Rubio says El Salvador offered to take “dangerous criminals” in American prisons – including those who have the nationality of the United States.
After meeting President Nayyib Bokil on a visit to the Central American country, Rubio said the United States was “very grateful,” adding that “no country made a friendship like this.”
The Foreign Minister said that El Salvador would also accept the deportation of immigrants in any nationality of criminals and in the United States illegally.
Rubio praised his agent for his policies on gang violence, which greatly reduced crime rates in El Salvador – which was once the world of killing in the world – but criticized human rights groups.
“He offered to his prisons in his prisons the dangerous American criminals in our country, including those who have American citizenship and legal residency,” Rubio told reporters.
“We are very grateful. I spoke to President Trump about this earlier today,” he said.
Rubio on his first tour abroad as the best diplomat in the United States, and seeks to confirm the priorities of the Trump administration in the region, including Requesting that Panama will make “immediate changes” To what China's “effect and control” calls on Panama.
Rubio said that the agent was ready to restore citizens from El Salvador as well as immigrants from other countries, and it seems that the focus will be on the members of the Latin American gang – such as MS -13 or Tren De Aragua.
Since his return to the White House, President Donald Trump has focused on accelerating the removal of illegal immigrants, With the promise of “collective deportation”.
In allied moves, more active service forces have been sent to fortify the borders of the United States of Mexican and the President sought to stop the treatment of migrants and asylum seekers through an executive order.
Bukele suggested to reporters that his display on prisons went beyond the 2019 agreement on accepting migrants.
In a post on X, he said he offered the United States an opportunity to “use external sources of the prison system.”
“We are ready to take only convicted criminals (including the convicted American citizens) in our huge prison … for a fee.”
Bokley, the former municipality of the capital, San Salvador, won the power of 2019 with a pledge to create a “new era” for El Salvador, and took gang and corruption violence and strengthened better relationships with the United States.
He saw his popularity rising after the launch of a campaign against crime and gangs, and turned El Salvador from the world's murder capital into one of the safest countries in the region.
His government carried out comprehensive arrests of anyone suspected of participating in gangs during his first term in his post.
An estimated 75,000 people were arrested under emergency measures that have been repeatedly extended, and worrying human rights groups.
Amnesty International criticized “the gradual replacement of gang violence in the country” in the country.
