EF TV (EN)/Corruption

Wednesday, April 8th, 202604/08/2026

The Deal: Trump, Bukele, and the Gangs of El Salvador

How did Nayib Bukele rise to power in El Salvador with the help of gangs? Why did some MS-13 leaders become bargaining chips between Bukele and Donald Trump? This documentary, co-produced by PBS FRONTLINE and El Faro, answers these questions and presents ample evidence of those secret deals.

El Faro English and PBS FRONTLINE

EF TV (EN)/Corruption

The Deal: Trump, Bukele, and the Gangs of El Salvador

El Faro English and PBS FRONTLINE

EF TV (EN)/Politics

Journalism as Resistance

EF TV (EN)/Corruption

Video: How Bukele Spent Billions in Secret Slush Funds

Nelson Rauda, Victoria Delgado, Jimmy Alvarado and Graciela Barrera

Charli’s Confessions: Interview with Gang Leader on His Secret Pacts with Nayib Bukele

Carlos Martínez, Óscar Martínez, Víctor Peña, Efren Lemus, Omnionn, and Nelson Rauda

EF TV (EN)/Gangs

Video: Unanswered Questions on the Venezuelans Jailed in El Salvador

Óscar Martínez, Nelson Rauda

EF TV (EN)/Politics

Video: Arévalo’s “Democratic Spring” Polls Below the Nicaraguan Dictatorship

Roman Gressier, Yuliana Ramazzini

EF TV (EN)/Culture

Reina: The Salvadoran Center-Back Who Fled the Gangs

Víctor Peña, Nelson Rauda

EF TV (EN)/Violence

“I had to write down the names of those who left in black bags”

Carlos Martínez

What do you fear? "Jail, espionage, exile". Are you still investigating? "Yes"

Óscar Martínez

EF TV (EN)/Violence

Gangs: the origin of hate

El Faro / Univisión