Note from Asha 4/16: What’s the Real Quid Pro Quo with Bukele?
Apr 16, 2025•12 min
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Summary
Asha Rangappa discusses the potential quid pro quo between the Trump administration and El Salvador's President Bukele, focusing on MS-13 gang violence and immigration policies. She explores the possibility of a secret agreement benefiting both leaders at the expense of justice and transparency, questioning the true motivations behind the US-El Salvador relationship and its impact on asylum claims and gang operations.Episode description
Asha Rangappa is a Senior Lecturer at Yale University's Jackson Institute for Global Affairs. Before that, she served as a Special Agent in the New York Division of the FBI, specializing in counterintelligence investigations. She is also a legal and national security analyst at CNN and an editor of Just Security.
For a transcript of Asha’s note and the full archive of contributor notes, head to CAFE.com.
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