The one where we talk about Nayib Bukele, an indictment from the EDNY, the curious crackdown on some gang members in El Salvador, and MAGA's fawning approval of these measures.Find this episode on your favorite podcast player here:https://pod.link/1647010767/Here are some of the sources we used while assembling this episode:<a target="_blank" href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/30/us/politics/trump-deportations-venezuela-el-salvador.html">Behind Trump’s Deal to Deport Venezuelans to El Salvador’s Most Feared Prison</a><a target="_blank" href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/30/us/politics/trump-deportations-venezuela-el-salvador.html">https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/30/us/politics/trump-deportations-venezuela-el-salvador.html</a><a target="_blank" href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/25/nyregion/bukele-ms-13-trump-deal.html">Judge Demands Answers About Deal to Return MS-13 Gang Leaders to El Salvador</a>https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/25/nyregion/bukele-ms-13-trump-deal.html<a target="_blank" href="https://www.justsecurity.org/117271/us-elsalvador-diplomatic-notes/">The Legal Fig Leaf: The US-El Salvador Detainee Diplomatic Notes </a>https://www.justsecurity.org/117271/us-elsalvador-diplomatic-notes/<a target="_blank" href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/feb/25/el-salvador-moves-2000-suspected-gang-members-to-new-megaprison">El Salvador moves suspected gang members to 40,000-capacity ‘megaprison’</a>https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/feb/25/el-salvador-moves-2000-suspected-gang-members-to-new-megaprison<a target="_blank" href="https://efile.fara.gov/docs/6898-Supplemental-Statement-20230130-4.pdf">Damian Merlo's Foreign Agent Registration(FARA) for his work on behalf of El Salvador</a>https://efile.fara.gov/docs/6898-Supplemental-Statement-20230130-4.pdf<a target="_blank" href="https://www.justice.gov/d9/press-releases/attachments/2023/02/23/ranfla_ii_indictment_foreperson_signaturepdf_0.pdf">EDNY's indictment for the MS-13 gang leaders</a>https://www.justice.gov/d9/press-releases/attachments/2023/02/23/ranfla_ii_indictment_foreperson_signaturepdf_0.pdf<a target="_blank" href="https://elfaro.net/en/202302/el_salvador/26739/el-salvador-government-protection-of-ms-13-from-extradition-emerges-in-doj-indictment">El Salvador Government Protection of MS-13 from Extradition Emerges in DOJ Indictment</a>https://elfaro.net/en/202302/el_salvador/26739/el-salvador-government-protection-of-ms-13-from-extradition-emerges-in-doj-indictment<a target="_blank" href="https://elfaro.net/en/202302/el_salvador/26694/Bukele-Government-Dismantled-Gang-Presence-in-El-Salvador.htm">Bukele Government Dismantled Gang Presence in El Salvador</a>https://elfaro.net/en/202302/el_salvador/26694/Bukele-Government-Dismantled-Gang-Presence-in-El-Salvador.htm“He says that, for some time now, the gangs’ street "soldiers" believe that their leaders "sold them out.""It’s true. These structures have no management. The ranflas [leaders] claimed to be looking out for their soldiers’ wellbeing. Not anymore. We came to the conclusion that it wasn’t the case." He thinks that the concentration of power in the hands of the historic leaders of the organizations had backfired on them."The ranflas [in prison] didn’t want to appoint substitutes [in the streets]. I don’t know why. Maybe because they didn’t want to leave to someone else what was theirs. So they didn’t do it. These locos negotiated for their own benefit. What did they negotiate? I don’t know," he said.”<a target="_blank" href="https://elfaro.net/en/202303/opinion/26745/Bukele&#39;s-Pact-with-the-Gangs-Lasted-Three-Massacres.htm">Bukele's Pact with the Gangs Lasted Three Massacres</a>https://elfaro.net/en/202303/opinion/26745/Bukele's-Pact-with-the-Gangs-Lasted-Three-Massacres.htm<a target="_blank" href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/dec/11/-sp-isis-the-inside-story">The Guardian on the beginnings of ISIS</a>https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/dec/11/-sp-isis-the-inside-storyComments? Suggestions? Email: <a target="_blank" href="mailto:griff@didnothingwrongpod@protonmail.com">griff@didnothingwrongpod.com</a>Thanks for listening,Jay and GriffDid Nothing Wrong is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit <a href="https://www.didnothingwrongpod.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&#38;utm_campaign=CTA_2">www.didnothingwrongpod.com/subscribe</a>

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