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October 22, 2025

WaPo: Secretary of State Rubio Offered MS-13 Informants to Secure El Salvador Prison Deal
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An exposé by The Washington Post has revealed Secretary of State Marco
Rubio agreed to return nine leaders of the MS-13 gang in U.S. custody to
El Salvador in exchange for President Nayib Bukele's government to allow
the United States to deport and detain hundreds of immigrants at the
CECOT mega-prison complex. Some of the people Rubio promised to return
were U.S. government informants who were under the protection of the
Justice Department. Bukele's request came amid mounting reports of
secret deals between his government and MS-13.


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