President Nayib Bukele of El Salvador is both highly abusive and highly popular. Since assuming office in 2019, he has drastically reduced crime rates and gang violence by declaring a state of emergency, permitting tactics like arbitrary arrests, enforced disappearances, torture and violations of due process. With 80,000 imprisoned, the murder rate, has plummeted from 53 per 100,000 people in 2018 to 2.4 per 100,000 in 2023. Bukele appointed new judges to the constitutional court, which led