The special envoy for Latin America confirms conversations with Bukele to receive deported criminals from the Aragua train

The special envoy for Latin America, Mauricio Claver-Carone, referred to the trip that will be undertaken by the United States Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, to several countries in the region.

“President Bukele is the most consistent president in the region”He said, and said that today it is the safest country in the area, ensuring that Rubio will meet President Nayib Bukele during his visit.

Claver-Carone said that, on the trip of the Secretary of State to El Salvador, we will talk about how to help asylum cooperation and: “since it has been so successful with the members of the Mara Salvatrucha, include members of the Aragua train ” In deportation agreements.

The diplomat said at the press conference that, in part, the reason why Donald Trump made the first call to Bukele, after assuming the presidency of the United States, was because of the great alliance on security issues between both countries.

“He is a regional leader, we have seen that they have made state visits, every day they ask for state visits, San José did, because It has become that relevant security factor And for us a great ally on migration issues, ”said Claver-Carone about Bukele.

The commitment between the United States and El Salvador is to revive the asylum agreement, but also – at the root of the “success of President Bukele” with gang members within his country and the dangerous criminal gangs such as Mara Salvatrucha – It has been thought to include in that binational link to the criminals of the gang El Tren de Aragua, As confirmed by the special envoy at a press conference.

The American diplomat said that the leaders of the Venezuelan criminal gangs “will prefer to return to Venezuela before having to deal with the entrance of the maras to prisons of San Salvador,” he said.

Marco Rubio will go to five Latin American countries, including Panama, on his first trip abroad as head of the United States diplomacy, To address “the agenda” of President Donald Trump, focused on “recovering” the Panama Canal and restricting migration.

In addition to Panama, Rubio will visit Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala and the Dominican Republic, said state department spokeswoman Tammy Bruce. He did not give an exact date, but he is expected to be at the end of next week.

Trump, which will invoke the law of foreign enemies of 1798 to “eliminate the presence of all gangs”, such as the Venezuelan Train of Aragua, He planned to speak Thursday with Bukele, according to his agenda released by the White House.

After his investiture, Trump ended a program of his predecessor Joe Biden aimed at offering legal routes for asylum application And, instead, he has threatened to block access to migrants without visa and deport those who are in an irregular situation in the United States, starting with those with a criminal record.

*With AFP information.