Twenty-Seven MS-13 Bosses as Pawns between Bukele and Trump

<p>One of these men, according to information not confirmed by the Salvadoran government, died; eight remain in the United States, awaiting trial or deportation back to Bukele; and 18 are purportedly imprisoned in Bukele’s jails, although there have been no public images of them under the state of exception. The case files across two countries of these 27 veteran leaders of the Mara Salvatrucha-13, accused in the United States of terrorism, show abundant evidence of the secret agreements they sustained with the Bukele administration for years.</p>

Carlos García Carlos Martínez Óscar Martínez

Read the introduction to this case file here. Leer en español

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Carlos García, a Mexican journalist who has investigated MS-13 for over a decade across multiple countries, has published his work in outlets including BBC, El País, Letras Libres, and InSight Crime.

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