The fiercest voices of dissent against President Nayib Bukele have long feared a widespread crackdown. They weathered police raids on their homes, watched their friends being thrown into jail and jumped between safe houses so they can stay in El Salvador. Then they received a warning: Leave immediately. It's exile or prison. A combination of high-profile detentions, a new "foreign agents" law, violent repression of peaceful protesters and the risk of imminent government detenti
Political exiles fleeing Bukele's crackdown in El Salvador say 'history is repeating itself'

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