US President Donald Trump on Friday demanded that Mexican authorities do more to prevent illegal immigrants from entering El Salvador, while reiterating that he wanted a wall to be erected at the border, but did not repeat what the Mexican government was waiting for. to bear its cost.
In a post on his Twitter account, Trump said U.S. law enforcement agencies deport immigrants who are members of organized crime gangs and nationals of El Salvador, but they return, adding: "El Salvador is simply taking our money. , Mexico needs to help MORE with this problem. We need the Wall! ”
El Salvador's foreign ministry has reacted sharply to the US president's remarks, stressing that "once again" the White House Republican is insulting the "dignity" of the Central American country and "omits its efforts and contribution" to its efforts to suppress gang action, in cooperation with other states in the region as well as with US authorities.
El Salvador's diplomacy highlighted the recent arrests of gang leaders and the blows inflicted on their organizations, noting that efforts are being made jointly with the Honduran and Guatemalan authorities - the three states are also called the Northern Triangle. In September, the US Department of Justice and the authorities of El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras announced that more than 3.800 members of the Mara Salvatrucha (MS-13) and 18th Street gangs had been prosecuted, 70 of whom were in six U.S. States. Friday's announcement marked the second official protest by the government of President Salvador Sanchez Seren to Washington in the same number of months. Last month, the government of El Salvador protested when the media repeatedly reported that Trump had repeatedly referred to the Central American country - and many other countries of immigrant origin - using the term "fraud." In January, the Trump administration announced that some 200.000 immigrants from El Salvador living and working in the United States since 2001 would lose their right to live in the United States in 2019.