El Salvador's Millennial President Is Calling Himself 'the Coolest Dictator in the World'
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Nayib Bukele was 37-year-old when he becomes president of El Salvador; he is the youngest person to served as president of El Salvador.
The institution's purpose is to combat a variety of crimes, including drug trafficking, corruption, and white collar crimes.
I believe in his word, I believe in his word revealed in the Holy Bible.
On the same day, the Legislative Assembly voted to remove the five justices of the Supreme Court's constitutional court and Raúl Melara, El Salvador's attorney general.
Bukele insisted the arrests were appropriate — describing the 9,000 taken into custody so far as merely a good start — and said the rough detentions were a necessary deterrent.
Under Bukele, that average fell to around four.