Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele arrived in Buenos Aires on Thursday and will get together with his Argentine counterpart, Javier Milei, on Monday. The meeting, a week after they both criticized the United Nations at this year’s General Assembly, is set to take place against protests regarding human rights violations in the Central American country.

Bukele, who was elected for a second term in February despite the fact it was not allowed by the Salvadoran constitution, is the subject of scorn and celebration for his use of a “state of emergency” to crack down on gang violence. Over 74,000 people were arrested since it began in March 2022.

Less than a third were estimated to be gang members, charged merely based on the testimony of neighbors, prior arrests, or for simply having tattoos. Around 2% of the adult population is incarcerated.

Milei and his Security Minister Patricia Bullrich are among those who have expressed admiration for Bukele’s methods of mass incarceration, saying that they would like to replicate it in Argentina. However, in February Bukele said that Argentina’s........

© Buenos Aires Herald