US Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced a significant agreement with El Salvador's President Nayib Bukele, where El Salvador will accept and incarcerate deportees from the US of any nationality, including American citizens currently imprisoned in the US. President Bukele confirmed the offer, stating El Salvador would house these individuals in its recently built 'mega-prison' as part of its crackdown on criminal gangs. The US would pay El Salvador a fee for this service.
San Salvador, El Salvador — U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said late Monday that El Salvador 's president has offered to accept and incarcerate deportees from the U.S. of any nationality, including criminals with American citizenship currently imprisoned in the U.S.
Human rights activists have warned that El Salvador lacks a consistent policy for the treatment of asylum seekers and refugees and that such an agreement might not be limited to violent criminals. Manuel Flores, the secretary general of the leftist opposition party Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front, criticized the 'safe third country' plan, saying it would signal that the region is Washington's 'backyard to dump the garbage.
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