The president of El Salvador , Nayib Bukele, once again shook the regional political scene with a strong response to the criticism of the Colombian leftist leader, Gustavo Petro, through the social network X. In the midst of a growing ideological divide, the Central American president offered to transfer “100% of his prison population” to Colombia, including even so-called political prisoners, in a statement that quickly generated an
international impact.The proposal comes after Petro described the Salvadoran prison system as a supposed “concentration camp”, questioning the security policy based on the mass detention of suspected gang links. Far from backing down, Bukele responded with irony and firmness, pointing out that if the accusations were true, then the logical thing
would be to release all the detainees.“In that spirit, El Salvador is willing to facilitate the transfer of 100% of its prison population,” said the Salvadoran president, adding that the condition would be for Colombia to accept all inmates without exception.










