I have to laugh (bitterly) at the administration's claim they have no way to retrieve the people (there's more than one) that they illegally sent to CECOT.
It's not like they flew them to El Salvador and then released them at the airport, subsequently losing track of them. They know exactly where those people, and who call - after all, they had to cut a deal with El Salvador to use their prison in the first place.
It's getting harder for Congress to deflect and defend, especially as the economy enters a severe recession as a result of Trump's tariffs. You can get away with a lot as long as you keep the money rolling in. Drain those 401k accounts and raise prices significantly at the stores and people will come at you with pitchforks. You need to keep people fat, dumb, and happy to have a chance at establishing an authoritarian regime. Trump and his merry band of idiots are doing the exact opposite.
If the El Salvadorian gov't is corrupt enough to run an international pay-based prison, couldn't they also accept a payment, from anyone, for releasing an international prisoner? The logistics after release would be secondary but at least we'd know they aren't being abused in what is effectively a dark-site.
But if the current administration is offering $20k a year for imprisonment (rough guess) then they might want $200k to free him.
> If the El Salvadorian gov't is corrupt enough to run an international pay-based prison, couldn't they also accept a payment, from anyone, for releasing an international prisoner?
That's the problem with mercenaries: how much do you trust them?
There's a certain balancing act in going with the highest bidder: if no one trusts you to stay 'on side' once you're paid, why would they pay you in the first place?
I have to laugh (bitterly) at the administration's claim they have no way to retrieve the people (there's more than one) that they illegally sent to CECOT.
It's not like they flew them to El Salvador and then released them at the airport, subsequently losing track of them. They know exactly where those people, and who call - after all, they had to cut a deal with El Salvador to use their prison in the first place.
Seems like the administrations defiance of the judicial branch may be coming to a head.
Like all the other times things came to a head?
It's getting harder for Congress to deflect and defend, especially as the economy enters a severe recession as a result of Trump's tariffs. You can get away with a lot as long as you keep the money rolling in. Drain those 401k accounts and raise prices significantly at the stores and people will come at you with pitchforks. You need to keep people fat, dumb, and happy to have a chance at establishing an authoritarian regime. Trump and his merry band of idiots are doing the exact opposite.
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If the El Salvadorian gov't is corrupt enough to run an international pay-based prison, couldn't they also accept a payment, from anyone, for releasing an international prisoner? The logistics after release would be secondary but at least we'd know they aren't being abused in what is effectively a dark-site.
But if the current administration is offering $20k a year for imprisonment (rough guess) then they might want $200k to free him.
> If the El Salvadorian gov't is corrupt enough to run an international pay-based prison, couldn't they also accept a payment, from anyone, for releasing an international prisoner?
That's the problem with mercenaries: how much do you trust them?
There's a certain balancing act in going with the highest bidder: if no one trusts you to stay 'on side' once you're paid, why would they pay you in the first place?
You are right. Accepting $200k for one prisoner is not worth risking all future contracts from this temperamental US administration.