The announcement comes as part of President Bukele’s official attacks on Torres ‘criticism of Central American governments’ immigration policy.
The American congresswoman Norma Torres announced that the list is about to be published of corrupt Central American officials. Torres was attacked days ago on Twitter by the President of the Republic, Nayib Bukele, after addressing the “corruption in the Northern Triangle by Salvadoran President.”
An official statement dated April 2 reported that Congresswoman Torres, co-chair of the Central American Congress Caucus, will unveil “the list of corrupt actors” this coming week.
“Torres’ list of corrupt actors in Central America will be published next week. Congresswoman Norma J. Torres (CA-35), co-chair of the Central American Congress Caucus, issued the following statement today after his efforts to tackle corruption in the Northern Triangle resulted in attacks on Twitter by Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele and his facilitators. “
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It is explained that this situation comes from days before a list was requested by Congresswoman Torres of the U.S. Department of State and Treasury for Congress to identify corrupt actors in the region and any effort that “the our government has taken responsibility for them. “
Last Friday Bukele publish a thread of tuis against Congresswoman Torres for his comments and criticisms of the Salvadoran government regarding its migration policy, after a video that went viral on networks showing two girls who were thrown by a coyote into the wall that divides the border of Mexico with the United States.
Torres said it was a “shame” that the governments of the Northern Triangle would not fight corruption and drug trafficking.
“This is a shame for the governments of Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador their compatriots deserve governments that are really committed to fighting corruption and narco,” Torres expressed.
“Look madam, did you read that the children are from ECUADOR and not from EL SALVADOR? Also, this happened on the Mexican border with the United States. What has the Savior got to do with this? I should use a part of his funders ’check to buy glasses,” Bukele charged Torres.
The US congresswoman has pointed to the governments of the Northern Triangle as corrupt and non-transparent. Photo: Twitter @NormaJTorres
In the official statement released last night Torres states that “any father who feels so desperate for his children in his home country and who would send them on a dangerous journey north is a denunciation of the lack of leadership and opportunities. in these nations “.
And he explains that “it’s a serious decision that no parent should have to make. My focus is and always has been on children being forced to flee, parents being forced to send their children away, and people losing their lives. to the perilous journey north that should never have been felt necessary in the first place. “
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Faced with Torres’ statements, President Bukele also urged Florida voters not to support the congresswoman with his vote, which was criticized by immigration policy expert Napoleon Camps, who said that these attitudes undermine the little confidence that Joe Biden’s government has in the Savior.
Feeling that the Vice President of the United States, Kamala Harris, is the delegate for her government for Migration Affairs in Latin America and Torres is part of this team led by Harris.
Torres’ announcement also comes days after the US State Department last Tuesday unveiled its latest Human Rights Practice Report 2020, which included a section on El Salvador to point out serious acts of corruption. . According to the report, “impunity is endemic in El Salvador.”
The report includes officials and former officials of the current Bukele government for irregular purchases of food and supplies to combat the pandemic, in which they involve companies linked to the Minister of Finance, Alejandro Zelaya and the former director of the Fonaes, Jorge Aguilar.
They also point to the Judiciary for issuing “inconsistent” judgments and for failing to point out government discretionary accounts.
The report alludes as the first case of alleged negotiations between the Bukele government and leaders of the MS-13 gang in order to obtain “electoral support and the reduction of homicides”, based on an investigation published by the digital newspaper El Far.