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Marco Rubio is labeled a traitor to his Cuban people, Hispanics, and the American people, for participating in an agreement with the authoritarian regime of Trump and the authoritarian regime of El Salvador led by Nayib Bukele. This alliance is presented as evidence that many of the United States’ allies no longer trust the U.S. The narrative describes the kidnapping of nearly 250 Venezuelans who were later sent to the SECOT as part of a darker deal than expected. According to the Washington Post, Nayib Bukele, through a phone call, reached an agreement with the United States to receive these prisoners in the SECOT, in exchange for the U.S. sending former MS-13 members who were informants and, at the same time, protected by the U.S. Justice Department. Instead of rejecting this idea because the informants were important collaborators with the U.S. government, Marco Rubio reportedly acted by quickly contacting Penn Bonadie and telling him to abandon these protections, arguing that these people must be sent back to El Salvador. This is used to raise questions about why Nayib Bukele would want these informants back in El Salvador.
The account refers to a 2021 ProPublica investigation stating that Nayib Bukele and his allies secretly blocked the extradition of several MS-13 leaders to the United States, because these leaders could testify about negotiations between Bukele and the gang members. The report also notes that U.S. federal agents suspected Bukele and people around him of diverting U.S. aid funds to gang leaders as part of a supposed pact to provide them money and power in exchange for votes and a reduction in the homicide rate.
The same 2021 investigation is cited again, noting that U.S. agents examining possible money laundering looked into the bank accounts of various Salvadoran officials, including Bukele and 14 associates, to determine if funds had been laundered. The narrative concludes by suggesting a motivation for Bukele’s animosity toward Biden and his subsequent apparent praise of Trump.