Bukele Announces Plan to Release Thousands of Gang ‘Collaborators’

Episode 93: In El Salvador, Nayib Bukele says the government is willing to conditionally release half of all alleged gang collaborators under the state of exception.

In Panama, a week after a 7.7 magnitude earthquake, the government reports that over 2,500 people remain in shelters and more than 10,000 people have been affected.

For more than a decade, Central Americans living in coastal areas have watched —and fled— as parts of their mangrove forests and communities have been devoured by rising tides.

This episode was written by Gabriel Labrador, Leyrian Colón Santiago, and Carlos Barrera. Editing by Roman Gressier and sound design by Omnionn.

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