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I'm not sure what you're implying that he could be "shaking down" Trump for, but I think Bukele already knows they imprison innocent people... it has been reported that they have released at least 8,000 of them in the last 3 years, which also seems to contradict the often cited claim that "nobody ever leaves" CECOT.

https://www.swissinfo.ch/spa/bukele-reconoce-8%2e000-inocent...

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Bukele is extremely intelligent. His service is underpriced, based off memos only $20k / person / year and in a nearly brand new maximum security prison. I sincerely think he may have known just how stupidly the US would execute this and will come prepared with demands for their release -- secretly and in a way that we will not find out. Even if he has to wait for the next administration. He knows our courts and much of the public will put politicians under fire for this.

To the other respondent’s point about Noriega, a central american autocrat cannot “shakedown” the American government. The balance of force is entirely in the gringos’ favor - if they choose to use it. If Bukele refuses, it’s simply because this is what Trump wishes him to do. Bush I _invaded_ Panama to enforce a district court’s arrest warrant.

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