politics
El Salvador’s Tough‑Crime Turnaround and a Tech CEO’s Quick Endorsement
April 5, 2026
El Salvador’s president, Nayib Bukele, has made headlines by slashing the country’s murder rate from 105 to about two per hundred thousand people in just a few years. He says the key is strong police and long‑term prison sentences for gang members. The government has built a huge jail, called CECOT,