The president of El Salvador, Nayib Bukele received this Tuesday in San Salvador the Minister of Security of Argentina, Patricia Bullrich, in a private meeting in which they exchanged their experiences on security and the fight against drug trafficking.
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The Presidential House of El Salvador reported in a message on X about the meeting that It is part of a tour of the Central American country by the Argentine minister to “learn about the security methods” implemented by the Bukele Government.
He added, without providing details, that “cooperation on security issues is getting closer and we are sure that it will contribute to the well-being of both nations.”
The president of El Salvador, Nayib Bukele, and the Minister of Security of Argentina, Patricia Bullrich.
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For its part, the Ministry of Security of Argentina also indicated in X that Bullrich shared with the Salvadoran president about “the management that is being carried out in the fight against mafias and drug trafficking.”
In addition, he noted that the minister learned more about “the successful Salvadoran model” in reference to an exceptional regime implemented to combat gangs.
Argentina and El Salvador sign agreement to fight crime
Also this Tuesday, the Minister of Security of El Salvador, Gustavo Villatoro, and Bullrich signed a work agreement to strengthen the fight against organized crime, according to reported the Presidency of the Central American country.
The source explained in a statement that “the agreement represents a strategic alliance and a commitment between both nations to join efforts in favor of the prevention of violence and firmly confront organized crime groups.”
The Minister of Defense of El Salvador, René Merino Monroy (left), shaking hands with the Minister of Security of Argentina, Patricia Bullrich.
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The agreement represents a strategic alliance and a commitment between both nations
He noted that, as part of the joint work to be carried out, “specialized analysis spaces will be created to design strategies and develop innovative tools that allow us to effectively combat criminal groups.”
Bullrich also met with the vice president of El Salvador, Félix Ulloaand thanked him for his collaboration in the visit made by the South American delegation.
In two days of visiting El Salvador, Bullrich moved to the megaprison of the Terrorism Confinement Center (Cecot), met with the heads of the Police and the Attorney General’s Office.
Bullrich, the former electoral rival of the Argentine president, Javier Milei, also congratulated Bukele in a video this Tuesday for “returning peace and tranquility” to his country.
Bullrich visited the megaprison of the Terrorism Confinement Center (Cecot).
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The Milei and Bukele administrations have been close after the Argentine president assumed his position as president.
Milei was in El Salvador on June 1 in the context of Bukele’s inauguration for a second consecutive term despite being prohibited in the Constitution.
The security policy of the Bukele Government, which has broad popular support, has focused since 2022 on the suspension of constitutional guarantees and mass arrests of alleged gang members through an emergency regime.
This measure was approved by the Legislative Assembly at the request of the Executive in March 2022 after an escalation of murders that claimed the lives of more than 80 people in three days attributed to the gangs, but journalistic investigations by the El Faro media outlet indicate that It occurred after the breakdown of a pact between these gangs and the Government.
With the state of emergency, raids have been launched to arrest people suspected of belonging to gangs.
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In fact, the United States Government has sanctioned officials of Bukele’s Executive under accusations of coordinating meetings with gang members.
The aforementioned regime has left more than 80,000 arrests and more than 6,000 complaints of violations of human rights, including arbitrary arrests and torture.
Humanitarian organizations have also reported more than 300 deaths of detained people, most with signs of violence.
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