"Carlos Cartagena Lopez, known as Charli de IVU, reveals in a recent interview that gangs helped President Bukele to rise to power, challenging previous narratives."
"The current prison crisis in El Salvador, with 85,000 imprisoned under harsh conditions, raises questions about the systemic issues underpinning the current political climate."
In a revealing interview, Carlos Cartagena Lopez, aka Charli de IVU, provides insights into his connections with President Nayib Bukele and details of the favors exchanged between the gangs and the administration. This relationship suggests that Bukele's rise to political prominence was, in part, facilitated by gang support. The backdrop to this narrative involves a shocking increase in incarceration rates under brutal conditions since Bukele's declaration of war against gangs, which has seen thousands of innocent individuals detained without legal representation and abusive conditions.
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