Nayib Bukele’s recipe against gangs that failed in Honduras: ‘We’re safer because Mara Salvatrucha rules here’

Nayib Bukele’s recipe against gangs that failed in Honduras: ‘We’re safer because Mara Salvatrucha rules here’

In the Rivera Hernández neighborhood of San Pedro Sula, Honduras, the government’s failed attempt to implement repressive measures against gangs similar to those imposed by Nayib Bukele in El Salvador is evident. At the entrance to this neighborhood, a taxi driver who asks to be identified as Mr. Jota explains the new nuances of his work: “Look, what we pay is no longer called extortion. It’s called ‘use of facilities.’ If you use the taxi stand…