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There are some uncomfortable questions about his approach to neutralizing gangs but there's no doubt that what he did is working.
I wonder in the long term if it'll continue to work and maybe one day we'll learn how many innocents got caught in such a wide net.
Big "Mussolini made the trains run on time" energy 😬
Well, in multiple ways, really.
There's an uncomfortable fundamental truth that people will generally prefer a seemingly peaceful dictatorship that doesn't negatively affect them personally over ostensibly democratic chaos and violent anarchy, even if plenty of other innocents get caught up in the mess. I honestly don't know if I can say that that's fundamentally wrong, and I'm not in any real position to comment on it because I have no idea what it's like to be terrified every time I leave my house (El Salvador had a higher murder rate than active war zones), but that doesn't change the fact that this is one incredibly slippery slope. It takes a very wise and benevolent person to wield that level of power in a fair and just way, and Bukele doesn't exactly inspire confidence there. More than anything, I'm just thankful that I don't have to make these kinds of decisions.
As someone who lived many years in Latin America, including one of the very dangerous countries, it's not great. We make do, ingrain a bunch of precautions, and it becomes normal but it sucks.
Plus El Salvador had gangs that would randomly shoot civilians just as an initiation/show of force so it's not even like you can make proper decisions to stay out of trouble.
I can see people choosing easily. There was an interview with a mother whose kid was allegedly wrongly imprisoned and even she agreed Bukele was doing the right thing (it was obviously a cherry-picked example but still...).
Civil rights are essential but their situation was horrendous.
I just can't think of a better solution to their situation but I'm not saying there isn't one. From the scars of their actual civil war in the past, gangs fermented in the USA and then sent back to a small country not equipped to handle them. It's one of those situations that just got so bad that it's hard to argue against strong authoritarian moves but what what else could have stopped the killings?
The country certainly needed a timeout from the murders but it needs to come back to normal on civil rights after this big move. Hopefully, these emergency provisions don't overstay their welcome to keep a select few in power.