Trump is COMPLICIT in El Salvador's Serious Human Rights Abuses
April 17, 2026
Human rights experts have documented serious abuses committed by the El Salvadorian government and President Bukele against their own people. But because he feels at home with dictators, President Trump has turned a blind eye to these reports, instead siding with a brutal tyrant. Congressman McGovern, Co-Chair of the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission, co-leads a bipartisan hearing on the human rights impact of the ongoing state of exception in El Salvador.