San Salvador.- The President Nayib Bukele announced the arrival in the country this Sunday, March 16, the first 238 members of the Venezuelan criminal organization Aragua Train “ sent by the government of the USA.
Through his social networks, the president indicated that the members of the organized, declared by President Donald Trump as a terrorist, will be held in the Center for Confinement of Terrorism (CECOT) for a period of one year, which could be renewable.
“The United States will pay a very low rate for them. Over time, these actions, combined with the production that already generate more than 40,000 inmates participating in various workshops and work under the Leisure Zero program, will contribute to the self -stable of our penitentiary system,” Bikele said.
The Salvadoran president said that the highest cost will be for administration. He said that the United States also sent 23 members of the MS-13 sought by Salvadoran justice, including two leaders.
“One of them is a member of the highest structure of the criminal organization. This will help us to end the compilation of intelligence and persecute the last remnants of the MS-13, including its old and new members, money, weapons, drugs, hiding places, collaborators and sponsors. As always, we continue to advance in the fight against organized crime. But this time, we also help our allies, achieving the self-sufficiency of our system. Penitentiary and obtaining vital information to make our country an even safer place.
This Sunday, the Secretary of State of the United States, Marco Rubio, He thanked the support of the president: “President Nayib Bukele is not only the strongest security leader in our region, but he is also a great friend of the United States. Thank you.”
Bukele’s offer
A month ago, the Salvadoran president offered to accept deportees from the United States of any nationality, including American citizens.
“And he also offered to do the same with dangerous criminals who are currently in custody and fulfilling their sentence in the United States, even if they are US citizens or legal residents,” said the Secretary of State of the United States, Marco Rubio.
