Outsourcing Prisons for Financial Resources? El Salvador Plans to Accept American Criminals

As the United States attempts to strengthen the expulsion of illegal immigrants, Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele has made a special proposal to Donald Trump (Donald Trump). They are willing to accept criminals of any nationality, including American citizens. President Nayib Bukele of El Salvador also posted on X, saying, 'We offer the opportunity to outsource part of their prison system to the United States. We are willing to receive convicted criminals, including American citizens, into our large prison (CECOT) and charge a certain fee. This fee is relatively low for the United States, but it is of great significance to us as it sustains the development of our entire prison system.'

Country with the highest per capita incarceration rate: El Salvador

According to Bloomberg's data at the end of 2023, the large prison mentioned by Bukele can accommodate 40,000 inmates. At that time, the prison only held 12,000 people, and some facilities were still under construction.

As a leader of a country with a population of about 6.4 million, Bukele has made El Salvador the country with the highest per capita imprisonment rate in the world by comprehensively combating gang crime. Bukele also frequently promotes El Salvador's good security environment on social platforms.

US Secretary of State (Marco Rubio) said on Monday in the capital of San Salvador, El Salvador, together with Alexandra Hill, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of El Salvador: 'This country was once notorious for violence, and people...