US EditionEl Salvador’s Bukele denies secret gang deals amid fresh allegations from criminal leaders
- El Salvador's President Nayib Bukele faces renewed allegations in 2025 that he made secret deals with gangs to aid his political rise.
- These claims, originating from senior Barrio 18 and MS-13 leaders, state negotiations began in 2014 while Bukele was San Salvador's mayor and continued through his campaign.
- Bukele's administration has dismissed the allegations as politically driven and emphasized the rigorous campaign against gangs launched under a state of emergency initiated on March 27, 2022.
- More than 85,000 arrests have occurred since the crackdown started, with Cartagena Lopez describing alleged secret deals as attempts to boost Bukele's career in interviews given to El Faro.
- The controversy has intensified political tensions in El Salvador while critics and human rights groups question the legality of mass arrests under the government's crackdown.
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Newspaper denounces persecution after interviewing gang members
L. Moscoso / AFPSAN SALVADOR.— The digital newspaper El Faro denounced that the prosecution of El Salvador is preparing the arrest of its journalists for publishing interviews with gang members who revealed an alleged pact with President Nayib Bukele that allowed him to come to power, which the government denied yesterday. The director of the media, Carlos Dada, denounced that the Public Prosecutor’s Office “is preparing arrest warrants” against…
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