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"The Deal: Trump, Bukele and the Gangs of El Salvador" - Preview

Published April 6, 2026 at 4:34 PM PDT
An examination of Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele’s deal with President Trump to imprison U.S. deportees, and what each leader stood to gain. FRONTLINE and the Salvadoran news outlet El Faro, now operating in exile, investigate Bukele’s tangled history with the gangs the U.S. says it is fighting.