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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]El Salvador under Bukele has gone from a crime ridden cesspool to one of the safest countries in the western hemisphere.  Obviously, he has done something right, whether you choose to admit it or not.

"Despite the restrictions, the improvements in security have contributed to Bukele’s extremely high popularity. For years, many Salvadorans lived in fear of the gangs that controlled swaths of the country, extorting, killing and forcibly recruiting.

In 2015, El Salvador had 6,656 homicides, making it one of the world’s deadliest countries. In 2023, there were 214 homicides.

The gangs’ repressive control made it difficult and dangerous for residents to travel between neighborhoods, including for work. Now residents say they can walk their neighborhoods without fear."

https://apnews.com/article/el-salvador-homicides-gangs-bukele-69384a8705267eaddd18dcd28a53465b[/quote]

Yes, he has lowered El Salvador's crime rate. As many on here have said many times: he has also suspended due process, routinely has people arrested without cause, and secretly (while loudly denying it) made deals with the gangs, which included favoring and even releasing the gang leaders while they were committing massacres, while incarcerating the lower level people. One of these leaders,César Humberto López Larios , is a violent criminal (released by Bukele from jail as part of a secret deal) whom the US has worked very hard to capture, have extradited from Mexico, and convict. He was about to give testimony about his deals with Bukele in the US.  But Bukele came up with the fun idea of having Trump pay him to hold prisoners and why not throw in a few Salvadorans while he was at it. Obviously the guy can't blab from a concentration camp.

To be fair to Trump, he probably didn't know anything about the guy. Let's face it, Trump is clueless. he doesn't even look at the news anymore to know how clueless everyone is realizing he is. Bukele is actually a bright (manipulative and conniving ) guy.[/quote]

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