Trump reportedly releases alleged MS-13 member to aid dictator buddy
President Donald Trump would have released a man described by the Ministry of Justice as a Criminal Gang MS -13 – who had been accused of crimes, notably terrorism – as an apparent political favor for President Salvadoran Nayib Bukele. Bukele, an authoritarian leader, was a key ally for Trump’s mass deportations in the United States
The New York Times reported On Monday, the Trump administration concluded an agreement to welcome us against Vladimir Arévalo Chávez, alias “Vampiro”, was abandoned, then organized his return to El Salvador. Depending on the devices Father of Maryland Kilmar Abrego Garcia—Po El Salvador.
Sources that were part of the initial pursuit of Chávez told Times that the New Deal had jeopardized the current surveys on MS -13 – even if Trump has repeatedly said that the defeat of the criminal gang is an absolute priority.
It would be allegedly, the release of Chávez is intended to help Bukele’s domestic political operation. In his report, the Times said that he “found that US officials have had strong indications for years of disturbing relationship between the Bukele and MS-13 administration and its leaders-and had started to examine Bukele himself.”
A June report De Propublica alleged that the administration of Bukele had worked to hinder American surveys on MS-13, after referring to possible acts reprehensible by Bukele and his inner circle.
The administration of former President Joe Biden was more focused on the pursuit of Chávez and his cohorts than to help him, as Trump apparently did.
In 2023, under the former Attorney General Merrick Garland, Chávez and two others were charged with several accusations. They were crimes This included narco-terrorism, racketeering and extraterrestrial smuggling that led to death. The Ministry of Justice said that the men had “engaged in a litany of violent terrorist activities aimed at influencing the government of El Salvador”.
The ministry also said that men “authorized and directed violence in the United States, Mexico, and elsewhere in the context of a concerted effort to extend the influence and territorial control of MS-13”.
In April, Trump Bukele hosted At the White House, and the two men said they could not organize Abego Garcia’s return to the United States, even if he was wrongly deported to Salvador. The Trump administration said – without evidence – that Garcia Garcia was a danger and a member of MS -13, which apparently did it while working with Bukele to guarantee the release of Chávez.
Trump said on several occasions that his administration was difficult for crime, especially against gangs like MS-13 and Tren of Aragua, but efforts to expulsion from the administration linked to this were largely performative and based on summary identifiers like tattoos.
Instead, his team had a gentle touch to criminal efforts.
Trump has would have moved to finance For a federal working group fighting against drug cartels and human trafficking rings, Pardons issued condemned criminals who expressed pro-Trump sympathies, and forgiven hundreds who attacked the Capitol on January 6, 2021.
Trump even helped certain criminals through his heavy approach to immigration. As it has increased ice raids across the country, criminals have Pose starts As an ice age as a pretext to commit criminal acts.
From international crime to local street thugs, a wave of crime powered by Trump may well increase.
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