El Salvador’s ‘jailer for hire’
· 26 min
Episode El Salvador’s ‘jailer for hire’
Gideon talks to the FT’s Michael Stott about Nayib Bukele, president of El Salvador, whose friendship with Donald Trump has been in the spotlight over his willingness to imprison US deportees, notably Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia. Clip: The White House
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Presented by Gideon Rachman. Produced by Fiona Symon. Sound design is by Breen Turner.
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