WHOA: new indictment of key #MS13 gang leaders is damming for #ElSalvador president @nayibbukele.
It details how his gov gave gang leaders privileges in exchange for reducing the *perception* of murders... and delivering his party votes. 1/
Link: justice.gov/usao-edny/pres…
It details how his gov gave gang leaders privileges in exchange for reducing the *perception* of murders... and delivering his party votes. 1/
Link: justice.gov/usao-edny/pres…
2/ Just read this.
President @nayibbukele's whole performance is being ultra-tough on crime.
Just today he was tweeting a vid of humiliated gang members.
Yet the US @TheJusticeDept's #MS13 indictment tells a *very* different story.
President @nayibbukele's whole performance is being ultra-tough on crime.
Just today he was tweeting a vid of humiliated gang members.
Yet the US @TheJusticeDept's #MS13 indictment tells a *very* different story.
3/ When we revealed #Pegasus spyware attacks in #ElSalvador last year, two counter-narratives jumped out at me:
- Yes, but Bukele is hard on crime
- Yes, but he's good for #Bitcoin
Less clear by the day whether either is fully true.
citizenlab.ca/2022/01/projec…
- Yes, but Bukele is hard on crime
- Yes, but he's good for #Bitcoin
Less clear by the day whether either is fully true.
citizenlab.ca/2022/01/projec…
4/ Gang leaders issued government IDs, secret hospital transfers, masked prison meetings....
Please make this into a Netflix series.
Please make this into a Netflix series.
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