El Salvador offered to house “dangerous criminals” from anywhere in the world, who are deported by the US, in his arrests, said US Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Monday (3).
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Rubio, who is on his first trip abroad as the leading US diplomat, is seeking support from region countries for Trump government attempts to deport large numbers of migrants.
He met the president of El Salvador, Nayib Bukele, and senior employees at Bukele’s residence in Lake Coatepeque for almost three hours, where they agreed to go beyond the acceptance of El Salvador from their own deported citizens.
“Any… illegal immigrant in the United States who is a dangerous criminal, MS-13, Aragua’s Tren, whatever, he offered his arrests so that we can send them and he will put them on his arrests,” Rubio said, referring to members of criminal gangs.
Marco Rubio, referring to members of criminal gangs
In addition to facilitating the way to the US sending deported back to their own countries, Rubio is trying to secure “third countries” agreements in which nations accept citizens from other countries who will not accept deported.
for example, they have cold relations with the US and in the past have limited the number of deportes they will accept, although Trump says that Venezuela President Nicolás Maduro agreed to accept the citizens of his country back.
Bukele also offered to house dangerous criminals who are US citizens or legal residents, Rubio said, although it was not clear if the US would accept this offer.
US citizens cannot be legally deported from the United States. Rubio said more details of the agreement would be disclosed.
Bukele said in an X post that he had offered the US “the opportunity to outsource part of its prison system.”
“We are willing to accept only convicted criminals (including condemned American citizens) in our mega-prison … in exchange for a fee.”
Nayib Bukele, referee-se ao shamana center for confinement of terrorism of El Salvador
“The rate would be relatively low for the US, but significant for us, making our entire prison system sustainable,” the country’s leader added.
Bukele is seen by the Trump administration as a key ally in his migration efforts in the region. President Salvadoran has launched an inflexible security repression in his country, holding over 80,000 people and drastically reducing the number of homicides.
Its policies are credited by Washington for reducing the number of salvadors seeking to enter illegally in the US.
Since taking office on January 20, President Donald Trump that the US send to Latin America, including the use of military aircraft for repatriation flights.
