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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
James Liddell

El Salvador’s president agrees to take U.S. prison inmates after meeting with Marco Rubio

El Salvador's President Nayib Bukele has confirmed that his country will take “dangerous” U.S. prison inmates into the infamous CECOT prison in exchange for payment following a meeting with Secretary of State Marco Rubio.

Bukele made the offer during a three-hour discussion with Rubio at his Lake Coatepeque residence outside the nation’s capital of San Salvador on Monday.

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