The announcement is made in the context of the attacks to which the official was subjected by President Bukele in light of Torres’ criticism of the migration policies of the Central American governments.
US Congressman Norma Torres has announced that the list is about to be published corrupt officials in Central America. Torres was attacked on Twitter days ago by the president of the republic, Nayib Bukele, after tackling “corruption in the northern triangle by the Salvadoran president”.
In an official statement on April 2, Congressman Torres, co-chair of the Central American Congress Caucus, is said to be releasing “the list of corrupt actors” next week.
Torres’ list of corrupt actors in Central America will be published next week. Congressman Norma J. Torres (CA-35), co-chair of the Central American Congressional Caucus, made the following statement today after her efforts to tackle corruption in the Northern Triangle resulted in attacks on Twitter by Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele and its facilitators “.
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It is explained that this situation comes days before the delivery of a list requested by Congressman Torres of the State Department and the U.S. Treasury Department for Congress to identify the corrupt actors in the region and any attempt that “ our government has undertaken to hold them to account ”. .
Last Friday bukele published a thread of tuis against Congressman Torres for his comments and criticism of the Salvadoran government regarding its immigration policy, following a video that went viral on networks showing two girls thrown by a coyote against the wall separating the Mexico-United States border.
Torres assured it is “a shame” that the Northern Triangle governments do not fight corruption and drug trafficking.
“This is an embarrassment to the governments of Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, their countrymen deserve governments that are genuinely committed to the fight against corruption and drug trafficking,” said Torres.
‘Look, ma’am, did you read that the children are from ECUADOR and not from EL SALVADOR? In addition, this happened on the border of Mexico with the United States. What does El Salvador have to do with this? He should use part of his financier’s check to buy glasses, ”Bukele lashed out at Torres.
The US Congressman has identified the Northern Triangle’s governments as corrupt and not very transparent. Photo: Twitter @NormaJTorres
In the official statement released last night, Torres said that “any father who is so desperate for his children in his home country and who would send them on a dangerous journey north, hates the lack of leadership and opportunity. in those countries. “.
And he explains that “it is a serious decision that no parent should make. My focus has been and always has been on children who have been forced to flee, parents who have been forced to send their children away, and people who are losing their lives on the perilous journey north that should never have been necessary in the first place. to do. “
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Ahead of Torres’s statements, President Bukele also called on Florida voters not to support the congressman with their vote, something that was criticized by immigration policy expert Napoleón Campos, who said that that stance was the confidence that the Joe Biden’s government. in El Salvador.
Because the Vice President of the United States, Kamala Harris, is her government’s deputy for migration issues in Latin America and Torres is part of that team led by Harris.
Torres’s announcement also comes just days after the U.S. State Department released its most recent 2020 Human Rights Practices Report on Tuesday, which includes a section dedicated to El Salvador to point out serious corruption. According to the report, “impunity is endemic to El Salvador”.
The report includes officials and former officials of the current Bukele government for the irregular purchases of food and supplies to combat the pandemic, involving companies associated with Finance Minister Alejandro Zelaya and former Fonaes director Jorge Aguilar. involved.
They also point to the judicial department for issuing “inconsistent” rulings and for not pointing out the government’s discretionary bills.
The report refers to the first instance of an alleged negotiation by the Bukele government with leaders of the MS-13 gang to obtain “electoral support and curb murders,” based on an investigation published by the digital newspaper El Faro.