El Salvador president pledges white-collar prison in 'war' on corruption

Following the rigorous crackdown on gangs, El Salvador's President Nayib Bukele is ushering in a new phase of hard-handed politics. The UN urges the government not to forget human rights.

El Salvador's Bukele pledges prison for white-collar criminals like the one for gangs

El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele pledged to build a prison for white-collar criminals to fight corruption the way he has imprisoned suspected gang members.

After more than a year in the so-called “war against gangs”, Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele has announced another contest. This time, he said, it is against the corrupt and announced the construction of a new prison where he will seek to lock them up. This was reported by the president this Thursday night during his speech to the nation when he reached his fourth year in power. Continue reading

SAN SALVADOR.– En un discurso para celebrar sus cuatro años en el gobierno, el presidente de El Salvador, Nayib Bukele, destacó este jueves los logros de su cruzada contra las pandillas y anunció una “guerra frontal” contra la corrupción, que incluye construir una cárcel especial para “delincuentes de cuello blanco”.Bukele anunció además que impulsará una reforma legal para reducir de 84 a 60 los escaños legislativos y bajar de 262 a 44 los muni…

El Salvador president pledges white-collar prison in 'war' on corruption

El Salvador's President Nayib Bukele on Thursday pledged to build a prison to hold white-collar criminals as part of a crackdown on corruption that he likened to his fight against criminal gangs.

El Salvador president pledges white-collar prison in 'war' on corruption

SAN SALVADOR (Reuters) - El Salvador's President Nayib Bukele on Thursday announced a bill to slim down the country's political system as he launched a "war against corruption" and pledged to build a prison to hold white-collar criminals. Read full story