"The Deal: Trump, Bukele & the Gangs of El Salvador" - Preview
Preview: Season 2026 Episode 3 | 31sVideo has Closed Captions
Examining Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele’s deal with President Trump to imprison U.S. deportees.
An examination of Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele’s deal with President Trump to imprison U.S. deportees, and what each leader stood to gain. FRONTLINE and the Salvadoran news outlet El Faro, now operating in exile, investigate Bukele’s tangled history with the gangs the U.S. says it is fighting.
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"The Deal: Trump, Bukele & the Gangs of El Salvador" - Preview
Preview: Season 2026 Episode 3 | 31sVideo has Closed Captions
An examination of Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele’s deal with President Trump to imprison U.S. deportees, and what each leader stood to gain. FRONTLINE and the Salvadoran news outlet El Faro, now operating in exile, investigate Bukele’s tangled history with the gangs the U.S. says it is fighting.
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detainees at El Salvador’s mega prison... >> NARRATOR: The deal between El Salvador’s leader and the American president.
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>> NARRATOR: In collaboration with El Faro... Uncovering the connections between the Trump administration, President Nayib Bukele, and El Salvador’s gangs.
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