With Trump as ally, El Salvador's President ramps up crackdown on dissent
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El Salvador's President Nayib Bukele arrives at the National Theater to deliver his annual address to Congress in San Salvador, El Salvador, Sunday, June 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Salvador Melendez)Jaime Quintanilla, attorney for Salvador Enrique Anaya, a critic of President Nayib Bukele's government, speaks on his cell phone outside a police station after arriving to visit his client in San Salvador, Tuesday, June 10, 2025. Anaya was detained on June 7 for alleged money laundering and asset laundering. (AP Photo/Salvador Melendez)Human rights lawyer Ruth Eleonora Lopez, handcuffed, holds a bible as police escort her out of her court hearing in San Salvador, El Salvador, Wednesday, June 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Salvador Melendez)Alejandro Henriquez, left, and Jose Angel Perez, second from right, speak with their lawyers prior to their first court hearing in Santa Tecla, El Salvador, Friday, May 30, 2025. The National Civil Police arrested them for protesting near the presidential residence. (AP Photo/Salvador Melendez)Relatives of Alejandro Henriquez and Jose Angel Perez wait outside the courts during their hearing in Santa Tecla, El Salvador, Friday, May 30, 2025. The National Civil Police arrested them for protesting near the presidnetial residence. (AP Photo/Salvador Melendez)
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El Salvador's President Nayib Bukele arrives at the National Theater to deliver his annual address to Congress in San Salvador, El Salvador, Sunday, June 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Salvador Melendez)
