People could make it more expensive to start warehousing people in gulags for the US than it is worth. Bukele need to feel the loss of export incomes.

Politics with the purse.

https://www.worldstopexports.com/el-salvadors-top-10-exports/

Make clear that people are no goods to be marketed.

#ElSalvador #Tradepartners #CECOT #Coffee #Economics #Morals #gulags #concentrationCamps #HumanTrafficking #Trump #Bukele #CrimesAgainstHumanity

El Salvador’s Top Exports 2024

El Salvador’s top exports in 2024 plus a list of major Salvadorean customers

@silkester Tether, the stablecoin part owned by Howard Lutnick that is now (as of the inauguration) headquartered in El Salvador, makes more money in interest payments from the US govt than the entirety of that country's global trade.

https://cryptadamus.substack.com/p/trumps-transition-team-is-tethered

Trump's Transition Team Is Tethered To Thievery (And Worse)

Howard Lutnick manages a huge pile of money for Tether, a sketchy offshore company whose name appears frequently in criminal indictments. He also just became co-chair of the Trump transition team.

The Cryptocalypse Chronicles

@cryptadamist

One man's gain is not the gain of others in a nation. Pressure can come from many sides.

I'm aware that dictatorships a ruthless with dissent but they still depend on a certain level of cooperation.