In the first months of the Trump administration, the U.S. president found a close ally in El Salvador leader Nayib Bukele, particularly by making a deal to quickly deport Venezuelan migrants believed to be Tren de Aragua gang members and house them in the country's mega-prison known as CECOT. But despite Bukele often making himself the face of the fight against gangs and violence, a new investigation reveals he may have cut a deal with the leaders of the MS-13 gang in the early years of his presidency.
