22 sats \ 4 replies \ @elvismercury 20 Mar \ parent \ on: Homicide rate in El Salvador: The Justice of Bukele? charts
That all makes sense, but I think one of the things @Undisciplined is wondering about is if the popular perception is that Bukele was responsible for a decline in murder rate, both before he was elected President, and after? Does he get credit for more than what happened during his presidency?
He's only credited in El Salvador with shutting down the Maras during his presidency, i.e., in the last few years. Salvadorans don't actually give a shit about the "declining murder rate" in 2016/2017/2018 because they were still being killed (it was only declining relative to 2015) and because they hated the government for negotiating treaties with the gangs instead of actually dealing with them.
Since Bukele actually dealt with them, he's credited for that.
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Also, the last president, Ceren, is up on corruption charges.
Just like the president before him, who fled the country years ago.
And just like the president before that one https://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/el-salvador-police-arrest-former-president-tony-saca-n675656
And just like the president before that one https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-29288915.
Yes that's correct @Undisciplined, @elvismercury—every Salvadoran present over the last 20 years has been charged with corruption, arrested, or fled the country to avoid the same. Salvadoran people think Funes faked his death to avoid arrest and is living large somewhere 🤷
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Damn, that's bleak.
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Thanks, that is what I'm trying to understand.
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