The Deal: Trump, Bukele & the Gangs of El Salvador

What was behind Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele’s deal with President Donald Trump to imprison deportees from the U.S. at CECOT? FRONTLINE and El Faro investigate. Three months into President Donald Trump’s second term, President Nayib Bukele of El Salvador opened the doors of his country’s...

53 min - True Crime - FRONTLINE PBS

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