To secure Washington’s access to El Salvador’s most notorious prison, the secretary of state made an extraordinary offer to President Nayib Bukele.

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The deal would give Bukele possession of individuals who threatened to expose the alleged deals his government made with MS-13 to help achieve El Salvador’s historic drop in violence, officials said. For the Salvadoran president, a return of the informants was viewed as critical to preserving his tough-on-crime reputation. It was also a key step in hindering an ongoing U.S. investigation into his government’s relationship with MS-13, a gang famous for displays of excessive violence in the United States and elsewhere.

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  • sleepundertheleaves@infosec.pub
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    11 hours ago

    MAGA doesn’t care about hypocrisy. They glory in it. The rules for sheep don’t apply to lions.

    It’s like that maxim about “there must be people whom the law protects but does not bind”, but pithier.