Secretary of State Marco Rubio agreed to return several MS-13 gang leaders protected under U.S. informant programs to El Salvador in order to secure President Donald Trump's deportation deal with Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele, according to a new sprawling report by The Washington Post.
According to sources consulted by the outlet, Rubio assured Bukele in March that the Justice Department would terminate protection agreements for nine MS-13 leaders in U.S. custody so they could be sent back to El Salvador. Some of those men had provided information to U.S. authorities about alleged ties between Bukele's government and MS-13.
