{"id":17015,"date":"2025-05-06T09:48:53","date_gmt":"2025-05-06T09:48:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/?p=17015"},"modified":"2025-05-06T09:48:53","modified_gmt":"2025-05-06T09:48:53","slug":"el-salvadors-president-accused-of-targeting-journalists-over-secret-gang-pact-revelations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/2025\/05\/06\/el-salvadors-president-accused-of-targeting-journalists-over-secret-gang-pact-revelations\/","title":{"rendered":"El Salvador&#8217;s President Accused of Targeting Journalists Over Secret Gang Pact Revelations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>Watan<\/strong><\/em>-Media reports have revealed that the administration of El Salvador\u2019s President Nayib Bukele\u2014a close ally of Israel and political partner of former U.S. President Donald Trump\u2014is preparing to arrest several journalists after interviews exposed new details about a secret deal between Bukele and gang leaders.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"1242\" data-end=\"1600\">According to El Faro, an independent Salvadoran newspaper, the Attorney General\u2019s Office\u2014under Bukele&#8217;s control\u2014is preparing at least seven arrest warrants for its journalists. This comes after the outlet published an exclusive interview with two former leaders of the \u201c18th Street Revolution\u201d gang, who revealed Bukele\u2019s ongoing ties with criminal groups.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"1602\" data-end=\"1786\">El Faro stated that carrying out these warrants would be a dangerous precedent: \u201cThis would be the first time in decades that journalists are prosecuted for their professional work.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"1788\" data-end=\"2091\">Bukele, who refers to himself as \u201cthe world\u2019s coolest dictator,\u201d responded on X (formerly Twitter) Friday night by defending his policies:\u201cA country enjoying peace\u2014no murders, no extortion, no daily corpses\u2014doesn\u2019t please human rights organizations, international media, the elites, or George Soros.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"2093\" data-end=\"2286\">While the Bukele-gang agreement is already widely known in El Salvador, El Faro was the first media outlet to broadcast video footage with direct confessions from gang leaders about the deal.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">\ud83d\udcf9 El Faro interviewed two 18th Street Revolucionarios gang leaders who not only cut deals for years with the entourage of Nayib Bukele, but also escaped the country with the complicity of his government. This is the first time that gang leaders reveal on camera details about the\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/awymvYCUDt\">pic.twitter.com\/awymvYCUDt<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 El Faro English (@elfaroenglish) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elfaroenglish\/status\/1919484853537411201?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 5, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"\" data-start=\"2288\" data-end=\"2316\">Shocking New Details<\/h3>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"2318\" data-end=\"2821\">The paper revealed that the interviews could only happen because the former gang leaders were smuggled out of the country with the help of officials loyal to the president. One of the leaders, \u201cLiro Man,\u201d was secretly transported to Guatemala through an unofficial border crossing by a Bukele-linked gang intermediary, Carlos Marroqu\u00edn. The other leader, \u201cCharlie\u201d (Carlos Cartagena), was arrested in April 2022 during a state of emergency but was released after police received a mysterious phone call.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"2823\" data-end=\"2990\">While these accommodations were being granted to top gang figures, security forces were arresting tens of thousands of civilians without trial on gang-related charges.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"2992\" data-end=\"3378\">The video footage shows that Bukele\u2019s government struck secret deals with gang leaders that, according to the testimonies, included financial support during elections. One of the former leaders claimed the Farabundo Mart\u00ed National Liberation Front (FMLN) paid the gangs $250,000 during the 2014 campaign to support Bukele\u2019s bid for mayor of San Salvador, as reported by Common Dreams.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"3380\" data-end=\"3594\">One gang leader stated:\u201cWe told residents in the neighborhoods to vote for Bukele. If they didn\u2019t, we would kill them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"3380\" data-end=\"3594\">He added: \u201cBukele knew perfectly well that he needed the gangs to get where he is today.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"3596\" data-end=\"3770\">The testimonies also reveal a chilling pact: \u201cNo body, no crime.\u201d Under this logic, gangs agreed to hide their victims\u2019 bodies so Bukele could promote a declining crime rate.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">The El Faro reporting is how we know among those kidnapped by the U.S. and sent to CECOT are some actual gang members who were set to be indicted in the U.S. and possibly testify to Bukele&#8217;s deals with them. I did a deep dive about this here: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/p5LHGmvs4h\">https:\/\/t.co\/p5LHGmvs4h<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/EMd51eUXWO\">https:\/\/t.co\/EMd51eUXWO<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Francesca Fiorentini &#8211; is on Bluesky \ud83d\udd95 (@franifio) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/franifio\/status\/1918903886276092286?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 4, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"\" data-start=\"3772\" data-end=\"3822\">Global Dimensions &amp; Press Freedom Concerns<\/h3>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"3824\" data-end=\"4093\">In a major international development, Common Dreams reported that the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/2025\/03\/21\/trump-era-deportations-sent-dozens-of-innocent-venezuelans-to-notorious-el-salvador-prison\/\">Trump<\/a> administration deported gang members to El Salvador even though they were facing federal charges in the U.S.\u2014charges that could have enabled them to testify against Bukele in American courts.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"4095\" data-end=\"4322\">Reacting to the crackdown on El Faro, Argentine journalist Eliazar Budasoff wrote:\u201cEl Salvador\u2019s leader wants to silence the newspaper simply because it practices journalism and dismantles the myths of his administration.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"4324\" data-end=\"4552\">El Faro has endured years of attacks from Bukele\u2019s administration, including fabricated money laundering and tax evasion charges, bans on attending official press conferences, and spyware surveillance using tools like Pegasus.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"4554\" data-end=\"4865\">Despite this, the newspaper has stood firm. In a public 2022 statement, its editors declared:\u201cEvery citizen must decide whether they want to know the truth or remain blindly loyal to what this administration imposes. As for us, our job is to report the truth. We will not change the news, and we never will.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Watan-Media reports have revealed that the administration of El Salvador\u2019s President Nayib Bukele\u2014a close ally of Israel and political partner of former U.S. President Donald Trump\u2014is preparing to arrest several journalists after interviews exposed new details about a secret deal between Bukele and gang leaders. 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