US Secretary of State is in the country and met with President Nayib Bukele
El Salvador President Nayib Bukele (new ideas, right) suggested receiving convicted criminals who were deported from the country’s prison system in exchange for payment of a fee. The information was confirmed by Marco Rubio, US Secretary of State, on Monday (3.FEV.2025).
Rubio, who is in his first mission abroad as a US diplomat, seeks support from Central and South American countries for the attempted mass deportation of the government (Republican Party). According to the news agency Trump sees Bukele as a strong ally in the region. The implementation of the policy of repression of violence in the country has caused more than 80,000 people to be arrested, reducing the rates of homicides dramatically in El Salvador.
These Bukele policies are seen by Washington as fundamental to reducing the number of Salvadorens trying to enter the United States illegally in recent years.
“Any illegal immigrant in the United States that is a dangerous criminal, MS-13, Tren de Aragua [duas das organizações estrangeiras que possuem braços nos EUA]whatever, Bukele offered their arrests so that we can send them and arrest them”Said Rubio, quoted by, after the meeting of about 3 hours at the official residence of Bukele, in Lago de Coatepeque, about 60 km from the capital São Salvador.
Trump’s plans also involve a “outsourcing” of deportation, that is, to send to countries citizens of other nations who do not accept deported. THE He explains that Cuba and Venezuela are countries that in the past limited the number of deporteds returning to the country.
In an X (former Twitter) publication, done shortly after Bukele’s meeting with Rubio, the president confirmed the proposal. Salvadoran offered to receive even US citizens.
“The rate would be relatively low for the United States, but significant for us, making our entire prison system sustainable”, Salt.
Despite Bukele’s offer, the deportation of US citizens is illegal. In addition, there is a concern about the conditions of salvadored arrests, considered “extreme and dangerous”By the US State Department.
“Overcrowding is a serious risk to the life and health of detainees. In many arrests, the availability of basic sanitation, drinking water, ventilation, temperature and light control is nonexistent or inadequate”Says the of the department.
