Change is a consequence of the war against Violent gangs launched three years ago by Bukelewhich allowed homicides They will go down of 36 per 100,000 inhabitants In 2019 to 1.9 in 2024.
And occurs after the White House will announce that Trump will receive a Bukele Next week.
The administration of Donald Trump reduced the alert level for trips to the Central American country, because “Gang activity, violent crimes and murders in El Salvador have decreased significantly“, Reported the US secretary of state, Marco Rubioon Network X.
“Keep safe at Americans in it foreign It is our maxim priority“He added Blondwho assured that the “leadership” of Bukele It has been crucial to improve security in the country.
“El Salvador The golden travel star of the United States Department of State. Level 1: The safest“Buk was congratulatedandLe in X.
Bukele keeps more than 200 Venezuelans deported by USAwhich says without giving evidence that they are criminals. However, the government of Caracas and their families claim that they were barely migrants.
On March 27, 2022, in response to an escalation of 87 Homicides in a weekend, Bukele established an exception regime for combat gangswhich were financed with the collection of extortion and drug sale.
El Salvador Just Got The Us State Department’s Travel Gold Star:
Level 1: Safest it gets.
🇺🇸🤝🏼🇸🇻 pic.twitter.com/h5webxnjmh– Nayib Bukele (@nayibbukele) April 8, 2025
The exception regime, which allows arrests without court order, accumulates more than 86 thousand detainees, of which 8 thousand have been released by being innocent.
Human Rights Organizations denounce abuses under the exception regime and claim that there are many innocent after bars.