The latest revelation was published the same day that the government released videos of gang members filling the mega-prison. That day, the Court for the Eastern District of New York published an indictment against 13 MS-13 leaders, in which the US Department of Justice noted that the Salvadoran government and the gangs negotiated "legislative and judicial changes" and "reductions in the prison sentences that would allow the early release of the leaders of the MS-13”, in addition to “supporting the candidates of Nuevas Ideas in the 2021 elections to the Legislative Assembly of El Salvador.
We have seen this pact consummated with the release of gang members from the MS-13 who were serving sentences of several years, such as Élmer Canales Rivera, alias the Crook, whom south africa phone number list Carlos Marroquín, another of the key pieces for the Salvadoran government in the negotiations , he took from the Zacatecoluca prison and took him to Guatemala, as El Faro has publishedand the US Department of Justice. We also saw it the same day that Nuevas Ideas, the party founded by family and friends of Bukele, took possession of the Legislative Assembly.
This party and its political allies hold more than two-thirds of the seats, which enables them to approve almost any law and reform. This allowed them to illegally remove the attorney general who was investigating Bukele's secret pacts with the gangs and the magistrates of the Constitutional Chamber of the Supreme Court of Justice. Thus, Bukele prevented the Public Ministry from accusing him and placed allied judges who have blocked US requests to extradite the leaders of the MS-13. Although the government affirms that it has never negotiated with criminals, various investigations confirm that Bukele and his officials have negotiated under the table with criminal groups since he ran the San Salvador Mayor's Office.