Nayib Bukelle, his president, suggested on Monday (3.2.225) his country to welcome prisoners from the unremunerated… This was revealed by US Secretary of State Marco Rubio. “We proposed to the US (ed. to proceed to) outsourcing part of their prison system,” said the leader of El Salvador, known for his extremely harsh attitude towards crime via X. CORVERSE “The fee will be relatively low for the US but important for us and will allow us to make the entire system of our prisons viable,” El Salvador’s president added. According to Rubio, this proposal unprecedented includes “American subjects and people with residence permit” in the US. We have offered the United States of America the opportunity to outsource part of its prison system. We are going to take in only convicted criminals (including convicted U.S. citizens) into our mega-prison (CECOT) in exchange for a fee. The fee would be relatively low for… ADVERSION — Nayib Bukele (@nayibbukele) “No other country had ever made such a friendly offer,” noted the new head of American diplomacy after his three-hour meeting with Buquele. “We are deeply grateful to him. I spoke to President (Donald) Trump,” he added. Rubio referred in particular to gang members from Latin America, such as Mara Salvatore (MS-13) from El Salvador, or Tren de Aragua from Venezuela, acting in the US. Some have American nationality. Rubio’s statements seem to overlook the fact that based on current legislation in the US, Americans are not allowed to be deported to foreign states. Donald Trump has announced that he means to end the right of the ground (the automatic acquisition of the citizenship of any child born in the US) and continues the campaign of mass deportations of irregular immigrants. He has even said that he intends about 30,000 immigrants to be transferred to a notorious military prison on the American naval base in Wantanamo Bay, Cuba. Buquelle was re-elected to the El Salvador presidency – after bypassing the constitutional ban on concluded positions in the top post – with 80% of the vote last year, mainly thanks to the “war” he declared to gangs. This campaign, which gave him enormous popularity, has reduced crime to an impressive extent, but is heavily criticized by human rights organisations. Last year too, he inaugurated the largest prison in Latin America, near Tecoluca, about 75 km from the capital of San Salvador. In prison, with a nominal capacity of 40,000 seats, some 15,000 people are currently being held, estimated. Trump revoked a decision by the government of Biden’s predecessor that provided some 600,000 Venezuelan citizens with protection from deportation. However, it has not so far affected the status of 232,000 Salvadorans who could potentially be deported as well. According to Rubio, the government of El Salvador states ready to welcome its subjects, as did other Latin American countries. Bukelle, for his part, praised cooperation with the US, our “most important partner, with whom we must strengthen our relations further”. “We do not hide our sympathy” for Donald Trump, Nayib Bukelle added, judging it to be “a good time to strengthen the diplomatic relationship”. On the fringe of Mr Rubio’s visit, as part of his mini-journey in central America, his first trip abroad after taking over, the US and El Salvador announced the signing of a cooperation agreement in the field of nuclear energy, which Buquelle wants to develop in the country.
“Slavopazaro” prisoners suggests El Salvador to Trump: “Send us prisoners in prison hellholes”
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