El Salvador offers US criminals and deported protection

El Salvador offers US criminals and deported protection

el Salvador has agreed to take up violent US criminal prisoners and to receive proven all nationality. This unprecedented agreement with the Trump administration has alerted critics and human rights groups.

Details of the agreement

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced the agreement on Monday after a meeting with Salvadorian President Nayib Bukele. This visit is part of a trip through several central American countries to drive the white house's migration agenda.

Rubio described the agreement as a "act of exceptional friendship" and noticed that El Salvador had guaranteed the "most exceptional migratory agreement worldwide". It has been explained that the country will continue to accept Salvadorian proven who have been illegally entered in the United States. In addition, there will be any illegal immigrants who have criminal activities regardless of their nationality in its prisons, especially MS-13 or Tren de Aragua, two notorious transnational gangs.

The role of Bukele

President Bukele confirmed the agreement on X and said: "We are ready to only accept convicted criminals (including convicted US citizens) in our Mega prison (CECOT) for a fee." He added: "The fee would be relatively low for the USA, but significant for us, which would make our entire prison system sustainable."

criticism of the agreement

Before the announcement, critics had warned that such a project could be part of a democratic regression. "The United States basically suggests sending people to a country who is not its country of origin and that they are not necessarily traveling," said Mneesha Gellman, an expert in international politics and professor at Emerson College. "It is a bizarre and unprecedented proposal between two authoritarian, populist, right -wing leaders who are looking for a transactional relationship." Gellman also noticed that these measures are not based on a legal basis and is expected to violate numerous international laws that concern the rights of migrants.

detention rate and human rights issues

One of the most striking aspects of the agreement is that the Salvadorian law does not make a distinction between alleged gang members and convicted criminals. Under the drastic state of emergency, which has been imposed over the Central American country since 2022, the authorities can arrest persons solely due to the suspicion of being members of a gang.

Bukele has a High detainment rate advertised now-El Salvador now knows that Highest detention rate worldwide. Human rights organizations such as amnesty International believe that many of the over 80,000 people who are imprisoned as part of the state of emergency are innocent.

This story continues to develop.