“Delay, Interfere, Undermine”: How the Bukele Government Prevented a US Investigation of MS-13

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President Trump has praised President Bukele of El Salvador as a crime fighter, but a journalistic investigation reveals how the Salvadoran government has prevented a US investigation of the MS-13 gang.

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For years, the collective transport sector in El Salvador was the target of gang violence. In 2015 alone, 95 homicides were recorded in direct attacks against routes that refused to pay extortions, a practice that represented illegal revenues of up to $35 million per year for these criminal structures. Motorists, collectors, [...] The post Fear of tranquility: collective transport is freed from the control of gangs under the government of Bukele…