One critic said the Salvadoran president “wants to silence” the acclaimed digital news site El Faro “because they’re shattering the myths of the Bukele administration.”
An internationally acclaimed digital news outlet in El Salvador said Monday that the administration of Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele is preparing to arrest a number of its journalists following the publication of an interview with two former gang leaders who shed new light on a power-sharing agreement with the U.S.-backed leader and self-described “world’s coolest dictator.”
“A reliable source in El Salvador told El Faro that the Bukele-controlled Attorney General’s Office is preparing at least seven arrest warrants for members of El Faro,” the outlet reported. “The source reached out following the publication of an interview with two former leaders of the 18th Street Revolucionarios on Bukele’s yearslong relationship to gangs.”
“If carried out, the warrants are the first time in decades that prosecutors seek to press charges against individual journalists for their journalistic labors,” El Faro added.
This is exactly what I said was happening. It seems probable that Trump is sending a lot of these people to El Salvador without due process to protect Bukele. Bukele is known for his failed project to create a tax haven known as Bitcoin City, and for declaring Bitcoin their national currency. Subsequently, Trump has received approx 3 billion in crypto investments with large anonymous donations being crucial for him winning in the 2024 election.
If they stand trial here in the US then they may decide to talk about Bukele partnering with the gangs in exchange for plea agreements. Even the innocent people that were sent there may have already seen enough that Trump is scared they’ll talk to the media about it if he brings them back.