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El presidente Nayib Bukele asiste a un evento oficial presidido por Trump en Washington

Washington.- El presidente de El Salvador, Nayib Bukele, acudió este jueves al Desayuno de Oración Nacional, un foro celebrado en Washington donde el mandatario estadounidense, Donald Trump, ofreció un discurso para los asistentes.

Fuentes salvadoreñas confirmaron a EFE la presencia de Bukele, estrecho aliado de Trump, en el evento, cuya asistencia no había sido anunciada con antelación.

"También nos complace dar la bienvenida a los líderes y dignatarios visitantes de más de 110 países. Están aquí, incluyendo a una de mis personas favoritas, el presidente Bukele de El Salvador. Ha sido increíble. Ha sido un gran aliado de este país", declaró Trump durante su discurso.

Bukele es uno de los principales aliados de la Administración de Trump en la región y ha sido elogiado por el mandatario republicano y su círculo por su política de mano dura contra las pandillas, criticada por organizaciones de derechos humanos.

Trump received the Salvadoran leader last April in the Oval Office of the White House, becoming the first Latin American leader to meet with the Republican in his second term. The visit was marked by the controversial transfer of more than 200 migrants, mostly Venezuelans, to the high-security prison in El Salvador, the Cecot, accused by Washington of belonging to criminal gangs.

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Among the people sent to that center was the Salvadoran Kilmar Ábrego García, a migrant who had a court order protecting him from being deported from the United States. US Justice ordered his return to the North American country, which occurred in June, making Ábrego García a symbol against Trump's immigration policy. The National Prayer Breakfast is an annual event founded in 1953 that takes place at the Hilton hotel in Washington on the first Thursday of February. In addition to Bukele, others who participated included U.S. Secretary of War Pete Hegseth, and U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi.

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