Rubio promised to betray U.S. informants to get Trump's El Salvador prison deal

[reACTIONary]

Source: wapo no paywall

To secure Washington’s access to El Salvador’s most notorious prison, the secretary of state made an extraordinary offer to President Nayib Bukele.

In the days before the Trump administration deported hundreds of Venezuelan immigrants to a notorious prison in El Salvador, the president of that country demanded something for himself: the return of nine MS-13 gang leaders in U.S. custody.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio, in a March 13 phone call with Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele, promised the request would be fulfilled, according to officials familiar with the conversation. But there was one obstacle: Some of the MS-13 members Bukele wanted were “informants” under the protection of the U.S. government, Rubio told him.

To deport them to El Salvador, Attorney General Pam Bondi would need to terminate the Justice Department’s arrangements with those men, Rubio said. He assured Bukele that Bondi would complete that process and Washington would hand over the MS-13 leaders.

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[Aviation Pro]

1. Our Russian and Afghani informants know the feeling

Since they were similarly betrayed during the kid fucker’s first term.

[fujiyamasan]

8. Don't forget the Kurds

[sinkingfeeling]

2. So, we're releasing MS-13 members so we can send people we're accusing of being MS-13

members to El Salvador?

[debsy]

7. If Bukele is working with MS-13 as has been suggested...

… then returning to El Salvador won’t bode well for those informants!

[Native]

3. He's despicable. They are all despicable.

[RainCaster]

4. The corruption is the message

The GOP is as corrupt as that of any banana Republic. This shows it.

[BaronChocula]

5. I'd love to see the bulk of this cabinet

and WH staff sent to CECOT.

[moniss]

6. Not a surprise that Rubio would

stab people in the back.