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For #Bukele, a return of the informants was …a key step in hindering an ongoing US investigation into his government’s relationship with #MS13, a gang famous for displays of excessive violence in the #UnitedStates & elsewhere.
But in promising to terminate the #informants’ arrangements, current & fmr #DOJ ofcls say #Rubio threatened to undercut years of work by US law enforcement to apprehend & secure the cooperation of high-ranking members of one of the world’s most deadly gangs.
To #deport them to #ElSalvador, AG #PamBondi would need to terminate the #DOJ’s arrangements with those men, #MarcoRubio said. He assured #Bukele that Bondi would complete that process & Washington would hand over the MS-13 leaders.
Rubio’s extraordinary pledge illustrates the extent to which the #Trump admin was willing to meet Bukele’s demands as it negotiated what would become one of the signature agreements of Trump’s early months in office.
While the outlines of the quid pro quo have been public for months, the #Trump admin’s willingness to renege on secret arrangements made with #informants who had aided #US investigations has not been previously reported.
…The deal would give #Bukele possession of individuals who threatened to expose the alleged *deals* his govt made with #MS13 to help achieve #ElSalvador’s historic drop in violence, officials said.
#law #rendition #StateSponsoredAbduction #DueProcess #immigration #judiciary
For #Bukele, a return of the informants was …a key step in hindering an ongoing US investigation into his government’s relationship with #MS13, a gang famous for displays of excessive violence in the #UnitedStates & elsewhere.
But in promising to terminate the #informants’ arrangements, current & fmr #DOJ ofcls say #Rubio threatened to undercut years of work by US law enforcement to apprehend & secure the cooperation of high-ranking members of one of the world’s most deadly gangs.
“The deal is a deep betrayal of US law enforcement, whose agents risked their lives to apprehend the gang members,” said Douglas Farah, a US contractor who worked with federal officials to investigate & help dismantle the #MS13 gang.
Nixing the agreements also threatens to damage the credibility of the #DOJ, which routinely relies on #informants to build cases against high-level criminals, ofcls said.
#law #rendition #StateSponsoredAbduction #DueProcess #immigration #judiciary #Trump #Rubio
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