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El Salvador’s leader Nayib Bukele on Tuesday defended a huge prison that has become key to deportations from the United States under President Donald Trump, after drawing criticism for alleged rights abuses.The Terrorism Confinement Center (CECOT) is a maximum security facility lauded by Bukele as part of his attempts to rid the Central American country of prolific narco-gangs.US broadcaster CBS News had been due to air an investigation Sunday about alleged abuses at CECOT on its flagship “60 Minutes” program, but it was pulled at the last minute, leading to accusations of political meddling. Bukele fired back Tuesday against allegations about the prison’s conditions, saying that “if you are convinced that torture is taking place at CECOT, El Salvador is ready to cooperate fully” by releasing the entire prison population to any country willing to take them.”The only condition is straightforward: it must be everyone,” Bukele said in the social media post, specifying that this would include “all gang leaders and all those described as political prisoners.”Bukele’s post follows former US secretary of state Hillary Clinton labeling the prison “brutal” on social media Monday.”Curious to learn more about CECOT? Hear Juan, Andry, and Wilmer share firsthand how the Trump administration branded them as gang members without evidence and deported them to the brutal El Salvadoran prison,” Clinton said in the post in which she also shared an 11-minute video of the PBS Frontline documentary titled: “Surviving CECOT.”- Centuries-long sentences – CECOT has also been at the center of a major US legal case since March, when the Trump administration sent hundreds of Venezuelan and other migrants there despite a judge’s order that they be returned to the United States.Several deportees who have since been released have made claims of repeated abuse at the facility, with human rights groups echoing these allegations.According to rights group Socorro Juridico Humanitario, 454 Salvadorans have died in prisons since Bukele’s crackdown began.Since March 2022, Bukele has been cracking down on gangs under a state of emergency that allows for arrests without warrants.More than 90,000 people have been detained, and some 8,000 have been released after being found not guilty, according to official sources.On Sunday, El Salvador announced prison sentences for hundreds of convicted gang members, with some of them receiving centuries-long terms.The Salvadoran government says gang violence is responsible for 200,000 deaths over the past three decades.
US trade officials determined that China should be punished for employing unfair tactics to dominate the semiconductor industry, but will wait 18 months to impose tariffs, American authorities said Tuesday.A US Trade Representative (USTR) investigation concluded China’s targeting of semiconductors “for dominance is unreasonable and burdens or restricts US commerce and thus is actionable,” the agency said in a public notice.The current tariff level of zero will be increased “in 18 months on June 23, 2027 to a rate to be announced not fewer than 30 days prior to that date,” USTR said.Beijing said Wednesday it “firmly opposes” the move and accused Washington of abusing tariffs to “unreasonably suppress Chinese industries”.This “disrupts the stability of the global supply chain, hinders the development of all countries’ semiconductor industries and harms others while hurting itself”, foreign ministry spokesman Lin Jian.”We urge the United States to quickly correct its erroneous practices,” Lin said at a regular press briefing.USTR officials launched the probe in December 2024 in the final weeks of Joe Biden’s presidency, extending the initiative when US President Donald Trump took office in January.Trump has been a prolific purveyor of tariffs, unveiling sector-specific levies on steel, autos and other items as well as broader measures to achieve a variety of policy objectives.The White House has jousted with Beijing but reached a broad truce with China after a major escalation in the spring.The USTR’s “Section 301” probe concluded that China had employed “increasingly aggressive and sweeping non-market policies” to dominate semiconductors that have included “massive and persistent” state support of private actors and “wage-suppressing labor practices.”The USTR did not respond to an AFP query on the reason for the 18-month timeframe on tariffs.
