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The Deal: Trump, Bukele & the Gangs of El Salvador

FRONTLINE: Audiocast | PBS

May 5, 202600:53:29TV & Film

In collaboration with the Salvadoran news outlet El Faro, FRONTLINE examines the deal between presidents Donald Trump and Nayib Bukele to hold U.S. deportees at CECOT and what each leader stood to gain.

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The Deal: Trump, Bukele & the Gangs of El Salvador is an episode from FRONTLINE: Audiocast | PBS. In collaboration with the Salvadoran news outlet El Faro, FRONTLINE examines the deal between presidents Donald Trump and Nayib Bukele to hold...

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