El Salvador: President Thanks Trump for Support, Says Biden Supporting Gangs

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l Salvador: President Thanks Trump for Support, Says Biden Is 'Supporting the Gangs'

12 Apr 2022

l Salvador's President Nayib Bukele slammed the Biden State Department on Monday, saying his government only received American assistance to fight crime under the administration of President Donald Trump, while President Joe Biden has chosen to side with gangsters.[/left]

Bukele was responding to a statement from Biden's Secretary of State Antony Blinken, who expressed concerns about El Salvador's crackdown on gang activity. ... Blinken said the Biden administration is also "deeply concerned by the spike in violence and homicides committed by the MS-13 and the Barrio 18 gangs."

Members of the MS-13 and 18 gangs remain inside their cells during a visit by the Director of the General Directorate of Penal Centers, Osiris Luna (out of frame), at the maximum security prison in Izalco, Sonsonate, El Salvador, on September 4, 2020. ... Bukele pushed back against Blinken's claims, insisting most of the meaningful assistance against gang violence received by the Salvadoran government came during the Trump administration, while Biden has been diverting money to "civil society groups" instead of gang-busting.

The USAID bulletin said funding would be taken from the Salvadoran National Civilian Police and other law enforcement agencies and used instead for "promoting transparency, combating corruption, and monitoring human rights in partnership with local civil society and human rights organizations."

The Biden administration criticized the legislature's vote to remove the Attorney General and Supreme Court justices as a power grab by Bukele that would damage the democratic institutions of El Salvador. The Organization of American States (OAS) and the United Nations also criticized the move. Bukele and his supporters viewed the removals as a necessary bit of housecleaning to reduce corruption. They said the correct procedure for removing the AG and Supreme Court justices, laid out in the Salvadoran constitution, was followed.

El Salvador: President Thanks Trump for Support, Says Biden Is 'Supporting the Gangs'
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