SAN SALVADOR.- He Salvadoran President Nayib Bukelemet with four Republican Congressmen Americans in San Salvador, a day after the Donald Trump, Republican candidate for the presidency of the United Statesaccused the Central American country of sending “assassins” to his country.
“At home”put in English the President Bukele on his account on social network X by sharing a video of the arrival of the congressmen to the Presidential House Matt Gaetz (Florida), Andy Biggs (Arizona), Dan Bishop (North Carolina) y Alex Mooney (West Virginia).
Bukele did not specify the issues he discussed with the Republican Congressmenwhose visit came after Trump had assured, on Thursday, that Crime is falling in Venezuela and El Salvadorbut not because of the work of its rulers, but because They are sending criminals to the United States.
In a strong speech against the irregular migrationTrump assured before the Republican National Convention what in The Savior -where he President Bukele pound one war on gangs– and in Venezuela, the criminality is in decline “because they are sending their murderers to the United States of America.”
Bukele has not yet openly addressed these claims.
During Trump’s first presidency (2017-2021), the Salvadoran president maintained a close relationship with the US government, not as distant as the one he has maintained with the Joe Biden administration.
In March 2022, the Bukele government launched a relentless security policy to weaken the country’s gangs. At the same time, the Legislative Assembly, at Bukele’s request, declared a month-long state of emergency in which constitutional rights were suspended to facilitate arrests. Since then, the Legislative Assembly has extended the state of emergency for 27 consecutive months and more than 80,000 people have been arrested, of which 3,000 are minors.
In 2015, the homicide rate in El Salvador was 106.3 per 100,000 inhabitants, and in 2023 it fell to 2.4, according to official figures. By 2024, Bukele estimated that it will drop to 1.8 homicides per 100,000 inhabitants.
Source: With information from AFP
