Bukele escalates crackdown on independent media after documentary exposes his alleged gang deals
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Bukele escalates crackdown on independent media after documentary exposes his alleged gang deals
Last week, the online newspaper El Faro reported that the government of right-wing Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele froze the bank account and a property belonging to two partners of Trípode S.A., the company that founded and supports El Faro. According to the Ministry of Finance, the measure functions as collateral for alleged debts related to tax evasion. However, the media outlet’s partners and journalists assert that this is yet another att…
By Pablo Meriguet /Peoples Dispacht /Latin American Summary, May 13, 2026. Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele. Photo by : El Faro The last government offensive took place after the release of a documentary co-produced by PBS that allegedly exposes the agreements Bukele would have concluded with the most powerful bands in El Salvador. [...] La entrada El Salvador. Bukele intensifies the repression against independent media after a documentary expo…
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