![El Salvador's President Nayib Bukele speaks in January.](https://americasquarterly.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Bukele-Letter-to-Editor-Photo-300x200.jpeg)
Letter to the Editor: A Bukele Aide Defends the Security Crackdown
A response from AQ’s readers.
![A suspected gang member is arrested in El Salvador as part of President Nayib Bukele's crackdown on gangs through mass arrests.](https://americasquarterly.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/El-Salvador-Arrest-300x200.jpg)
U.S. Citizens Are Getting Caught Up in El Salvador’s Mass Arrests
Salvadoran-Americans are finding themselves behind bars, but their fate is not getting enough U.S. attention, writes a longtime Salvadoran observer.