Source: Al Jazeera [Qatari state media]
“El Salvador’s president has proposed jailing convicts from the United States in his country, an ‘unprecedented’ offer praised by US Secretary of State Marco Rubio. Nayib Bukele made the offer while hosting Rubio at his Lake Coatepeque residence, outside San Salvador, on Monday. Bukele said El Salvador is ready to imprison the convicted Americans for payment in a prison he opened a year ago that is the largest in Latin America. … Rubio added that Bukele was also willing to take back Salvadoran citizens as well as foreign nationals. He appeared to suggest the focus in El Salvador would be on jailing members of Latin American gangs, such as El Salvador’s MS-13 and Venezuela’s Tren de Aragua.” (02/04/25)