El Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele fired back at former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton after she shared an X post featuring an 11-minute PBS Frontline video criticizing conditions at the CECOT prison, which has held illegal aliens deported from the United States.
“Curious to learn more about CECOT?” she wrote. “Hear Juan, Andry, and Wilmer share firsthand how the Trump administration branded them as gang members without evidence and deported them to the brutal El Salvadoran prison.”
El Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele fired back at former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton after she shared an X post featuring an 11-minute PBS Frontline video criticizing conditions at the CECOT prison.
“We are willing to release our entire prison population (including all gang leaders and all those described as “political prisoners”) to any country willing to receive them,” he wrote. “The only condition is straightforward: it must be everyone.”
“This would also greatly assist journalists and your favorite NGOs, who would then have thousands of former inmates available for interviews, making it far easier to find additional voices critical of the Salvadoran government (or willing to confirm whatever conclusions are already expected),” added Bukele. “Surely, if these testimonies reflect a systemic reality, a much larger pool of sources should only reinforce the claim, and many governments should be eager to offer protection.”
“Until then, he continued, El Salvador will continue prioritizing the human rights of the millions of Salvadorans who today live free from gang rule,” Bukele concluded.
Madam Secretary Hillary Clinton,
If you are convinced that torture is taking place at CECOT, El Salvador is ready to cooperate fully.
We are willing to release our entire prison population (including all gang leaders and all those described as “political prisoners”) to any… https://t.co/GKHMUgeZeO
— Nayib Bukele (@nayibbukele) December 23, 2025
Bukele strengthened ties with President Trump by agreeing to house certain U.S.-deported migrants at El Salvador’s CECOT prison, including Venezuelans labeled gang members after their home country refused to accept them.
On Monday, a federal judge ordered the Trump administration to provide due process to Venezuelan migrants deported to El Salvador in March, giving the White House two weeks to outline how it will comply, setting up a potential clash with the courts.
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