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Mass Incarceration and Democratic Deterioration: Three Years of the State of Exception in El Salvador
On March 27, 2022, at the request of President Nayib Bukele, the Legislative Assembly passed a state of exception, limiting ...
What is MS-13? 'Worst of the worst' kingpin arrested in major US operation
In a major operation Thursday, the Donald Trump administration nabbed an illegal migrant who is the kingpin of the notorious ...
Homeland Security Secretary Noem visits the El Salvador prison where deported Venezuelans are held
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem has visited the high-security El Salvador prison where Venezuelans who the Trump ...
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Kristi Noem Visits “Worst-of-the-Worst Criminals” Prison in El Salvador, Meets President Who Charged U.S. “Very Low Fee”
U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem is traveling this week to El Salvador, Colombia, and Mexico. On Wednesday, Noem is scheduled to meet with El Salvador President Nayib Bukele and tour t ...
The strongman: A new axis of power takes shape in Latin America
Chaos, Donoso said, is the starting point for what he calls “a new axis of power.” He referred to the alliance between Trump ...
The United States’ Next Colony? El Salvador.
Three years ago, Nayib Bukele, the president-cum-dictator of El Salvador, had a message for American lawmakers: “OK boomers … ...
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‘El Greñas,’ the MS-13 leader who may hold the key to Bukele and Trump’s prison deal
The gang member, deported Sunday, is a founder member of the Ranfla Nacional, the criminal high command that negotiated ...