Trump seeks the collaboration of Nayib Bukele against immigration and praises his “example” in Latin America

The president of the United States, Donald Trump, seeks the complicity of one of his greatest political allies in Latin America to boost his plan against immigration. This Thursday the Republican maintained a call, the first one that the White House officially informs since the investiture of last Monday, with his counterpart from El Salvador. The conversation with Nayib Bukele, the popular president who cornered the maras at the expense of a deep deterioration of freedoms, democratic guarantees and the rule of law in the Central American country, revolved around the cooperation formulas “to stop illegal immigration “And” the energetic measures against transnational gangs such as the Aragua train. ” Trump praised “the leadership” of the politician and praised his “example” in the region. His collaboration is key to curb migrant flows as he passes through the northern triangle of Central America.

The White House statement does not mention the main Salvadoran criminal groups such as the Mara Salvatrucha-13 or neighborhood 18, but the largest criminal gang born in Venezuela, which in recent years has expanded through the rest of Latin America and also It operates in the United States. One of the president’s favorite slogans is that the regime of Nicolás Maduro expels detainees and patients from psychiatric institutions to get rid of them and swell the dramatic statistics of the Venezuelan exodus. Although there is no evidence of these statements, the tycoon repeated it before, during and after the investiture.

The two rulers are, in any case, in perfect harmony in economic matters – they share fondness for cryptocurrencies – and security policy. Bukele’s hard hand against organized crime and the construction of megacárceles such as the so -called terrorism confine Defense of human rights and also of the United Nations. Despite authoritarianism, the achievements of the Salvadoran president against gangs underwent his enormous electoral acceptance. And now they also applaud from the Oval Office, since the released statement points out that “President Trump also praised the leadership of President Bukele in the region and the example that gives other nations of the Western hemisphere.”

The Salvadoran was one of the Latin American leaders invited to the investiture ceremony last Monday, although final Milei. In the social network X, the medium most used by Bukele to disseminate his messages, echoed the white house statement with the Emojis of the flags of El Salvador and the United States shaking hands. The bilateral relationship went through moments of tension during the administration of Joe Biden after the criticisms expressed from Washington against the decision of the Supreme Court that in 2021 approved the presidential re -election. The questioned judgment of the Constitutional Chamber appointed by a Parliament widely controlled by the Bukele bench enabled its candidacy despite the fact that the Constitution expressly prohibits two consecutive mandates. A year ago, the politician won the elections with 85% of the votes.

Trump’s return now opens the door to a new stage of cooperation. In the United States there are about two million Salvadoran citizens, whose income represents the main engine of the economy of the Central American country thanks to the sending of remittances that, in the first half of last year, according to EFE, exceeded 4.7 billion dollars