At the Republican National Convention, former United States President and presidential candidate for the November 5, 2024 elections, Donald Trump, launched strong criticisms against the president of El Salvador, Nayib Bukele.
Trump accused Bukele of sending criminals to the United States as part of his strategy to reduce crime in El Salvador.
Without providing official data to support his statements, Trump claimed that the reduction of crime in El Salvador is due to the migration of criminal gangs to the United States, particularly members of Mara Salvatrucha (MS13).
"In El Salvador, murders have dropped by 70%. Why have they dropped? He (Nayib Bukele) will convince you it's because they're training murderers to become good people, but no. They're dropping because they're sending their murderers to the United States!" Trump stated.
The Republican candidate promised that, if elected, he would take drastic measures against the illegal migration of criminals and launch the largest deportation program in the country's history.
"Terrible things could happen due to this illegal migration of organized crime members to the United States," insisted the Republican candidate.
Trump recalled that during his time in office at the White House, he expelled several members of the Mara, and he said he accomplished this despite the initial resistance from the countries of origin of these criminals.
"I brought out thousands and thousands in my four years. We took them out of the country, other countries wouldn't accept them, and I told them: 'Tell them they are not going to continue receiving economic assistance,' and the next day all of these presidents called me," he detailed.
The Salvadoran president, Nayib Bukele, responded to Trump's statements with a brief message, emphasizing that El Salvador is "taking the right path."
Bukele and his government team defend their management in security, highlighting the reduction of immigration to the United States.
The Salvadoran government claims to have captured more than 81,000 people related to gangs, with nearly 108,000 people currently deprived of their liberty in the country, many of whom are incorporated into reeducation programs in prisons.
Trump also included Venezuela and Cuba among the countries from where numerous illegal migrants come, contributing, according to him, to the increase in crime in the United States.
Regarding Cuba, he mentioned the presence of a Russian submarine near the island a few weeks ago, which he considered a direct threat to the United States. "Russia has nuclear submarines and warships 60 miles from Miami," he noted.
Trump's statements about Bukele and the arrival of migrants in the United States have generated controversy, as both leaders defend their respective security and migration policies.
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