El Salvador lawmakers' July 31 approval of a constitutional amendment ending presidential term limits was the latest action in a years-long process to dismantle the rule of law.

The international community—paying deference to President Nayib Bukele 's high approval ratings, hardline security policies, and geopolitical interests—has, for the most part, remained silent.

The European Union has been an exception, increasingly raising concerns about El Salvador's deteriorating situation. But the U.S. government under President Donald Trump has been a vocal ally and happy to collude with Bukele's dismissing of democratic standards, including deporting more than 250 Venezuelans and 20 Salvadorans to an El Salvador prison, despite credible evidence of torture and other abuses in

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