El Salvador President Responds to Clinton’s Allegations About Terrorism Confinement Center
El Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele has responded to allegations made by former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton regarding the conditions at the Terrorism Confinement Center (CECOT), the country’s maximum-security prison that has received migrants deported from the United States.
Bukele’s response came after Clinton shared an 11-minute video of the PBS Frontline documentary titled “Surviving CECOT” on social media.
The documentary features the stories of three Venezuelan men who were deported to CECOT by the Trump administration, claiming they were gang members without evidence.
In response to Clinton, Bukele expressed his country’s willingness to cooperate if there are concerns about the treatment of inmates at CECOT. He even offered to release the entire prison population to any country willing to receive them.
He emphasized that El Salvador will continue to prioritize the human rights of its citizens who live free from gang rule.
Bukele’s Relationship with President Trump
Bukele solidified his relationship with President Donald Trump by offering to house certain migrants deported from the US at CECOT. This move came after the US deported Venezuelan migrants deemed to be gang members to El Salvador.
A federal judge recently ordered the Trump administration to provide due process to a class of Venezuelan migrants deported to El Salvador, setting up a potential clash between the White House and the federal courts.
