The Trump Administration
Official
This is Nayib Bukele.
He became the youngest president in El Salvador’s history at 37 and achieved what many thought was impossible.
When Bukele took office in 2019, El Salvador was plagued by violence.
- Over 60 homicides per 100,000 people.
- Gangs ruled entire neighborhoods.
- The economy was stagnant, and hope was fading.
The establishment said fixing it was impossible.
Bukele had a different plan. In 4 years, he transformed one of the world’s most dangerous countries into one of the safest.
Here’s how he did it:
He launched the Plan Control Territorial, an aggressive anti-gang strategy.
The media called it authoritarian.
Critics said it would fail.
In less than four years:
- Homicides dropped by 92%.
- The murder rate fell to two per 100,000 people.
- Extortion by gangs, a daily reality for many, was nearly eradicated.
Bukele turned El Salvador into a case study in reform.