El Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele arrived in Washington, D.C., on Sunday ahead of his Monday meeting with President Donald Trump at the White House.
The meeting comes as the White House has been ordered to return Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a Maryland man they “mistakenly” deported to El Salvador. Bukele has agreed to accept alleged gang member migrants deported from the U.S., having so far locked up more than 250 in a notorious Salvadoran prison.
Trump posted on his Truth Social platform on Saturday that the U.S. and El Salvador are “working closely together to eradicate terrorist organizations, and build a future of Prosperity.”
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White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said Trump and Bukele “will discuss El Salvador’s partnership
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