Audio recordings, screenshots, and a gang leader’s testimony reveal that the Bukele administration was willing to pay over one million dollars to a Mexican drug cartel and the 18th Street gang if they helped rearrest MS-13 leader “Crook” in time for the 2024 elections. One of the highest Salvadoran police officials negotiated for ten months with a fugitive gang leader who was at the same time in contact with U.S. authorities.

Salvadoran Government Conspired with Gang Leader to Recapture ‘Crook’ through Jalisco Cartel

"I’m gonna set up an operation of all sorts possible, so that you can get that son of a bitch"

"They’re asking me for you to tell us what proof of your loyalty you can give us"

"He has no issue with creating the conditions for your relative to go home"

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"He has no issue with creating the conditions for your relative to go home"

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