“How the Rolex of US $ 50 thousand Kristi Noem In a Salvadoran prison it became a political tension point ”: Thus he titled The Washington Postwhile The New York Times He published: “The luxurious rolex of Kristi Noem steals the looks during his visit to a El Salvador prison“
The controversy for the clock has not transcended in the Salvadoran media.
In the photographs shared by the Government of El Salvador on the visit of the high official of the Trump administration – that Salvadoran media had no access – there is a striking gold watch and a ring in the left hand of Noem.
This clock, which apparently is a rolex, appears in the images since its arrival at the San Óscar Arnulfo Romero International Airport and during the visit it made to Terrorism Confinement Center (CECOT).
In the images, Noem is seen with the Salvadoran Security Minister Gustavo Villatoro, and a wide security team while walking in front of gang members with tattoos allusive to gangs.
American writer and journalist Seth Abramson published in X that The image of Noem “will go to infamy”And he described“ Kristi Noem using battered prisoners, some of which illegally deported without due process, as accessories in a Trump ad in which a Rolex of US $ 60 thousand ”looks.
Tricia McLaughlin, Undersecretary of National security For public affairs, he said in a statement to Business Insider that Noem used the profits of his books “to Buy an item you could use and one day bequeath your children “.
EFE He consulted an expert in this watch brand, but he acknowledged that, through a photograph, cannot certify its authenticitysince there are many falsifications and I would need to have physically to check its weight, among other factors.
The Cecot is a megacárcel located in Tecoluca, El Salvador, built to house about 40 thousand gang members.
To this site sent the government of Nayib Bukele to 238 Venezuelan migrants accused of being members of the transnational criminal gang Aragua train —What emerged in Venezuelan prisons – and that were deported to the Central American country by the administration of Donald Trump, despite a court order that prohibited it.
The Bukele executive has not explained under What law keeps these people preyand it is unknown if they have been made available to any prison control judge.
I Toured The Cecot, El Salvador’s Terrorism Confinement Center.
President Trump and I Have Clear Message to Criminal Illegal Aliens: Leave Now.
If you do not leave, We Will Hunt You Down, Arrest You, and You Could End Up in This El Salvadorian Prison. pic.twitter.com/oitdqnsfxm
– Secretary Kristi Noem (@Sec_Noem) March 26, 2025
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I also want everyone to know that if they come to our country (United States) illegally, This is one of the consequences they could face: This was expressed by Noem in a video published in X, with a group of Salvadoran gang members in the background, in which he appeared with the controversial Rolex on his wrist.
Visit to El Salvador and Mexico
The United States Embassy in El Salvador reported on March 26 that Noem expressed its gratitude for the Salvadoran government collaboration in the acceptance of deportation flights.
“I want to thank El Salvador and its president for his collaboration with the United States,” said Noem, according to the note of the diplomatic headquarters.
In addition, the governments of the United States and El Salvador signed an agreement to Share the criminal record of fugitive and prevent them from being released, according to the US Secretary of National Security.
Today El Salvador’s Minister of Justice and Public Security @VI111ORORO and I signed to Memorandum of Cooperation to Update The Security Alliance for Fugitive Enforcement (SAFE) Between Our Two Nations.
This Agreement Ensures Fugitives’ Criminal Records Are Shared Between … pic.twitter.com/nxnmhqidgf
– Secretary Kristi Noem (@Sec_Noem) March 27, 2025
The agreement, pointed in a publication on social network X, signed it together with the Minister of Security of El Salvador, Gustavo Villatoro.
On March 28, the president of Mexico, Claudia Sheinbaum, and Kristi Noem gathered to address the concerns of migration and safety on the shared borderand agreed to continue working in a coordinated manner, since the American said that “there is still a lot of work to do.”
Noem stood out as “positive” Deployment of the National Guard of Mexico And “the acceptance of deportened flights”, but indicated that there is still “a lot of work to be done”, also in a message in the same social network.
Our alliance will contribute to the United States and the Central American region being safe again, the US secretary added.