The president of El Salvador, Nayib Bukele, responded in a message on X to former US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton regarding accusations that prisoners are being brutally treated at the Salvadoran mega-prison, the Center for the Confinement of Terrorism (Cecot).

“If she is convinced that torture is taking place at Cecot, El Salvador is prepared to fully cooperate,” Bukele posted on X in a lengthy message in English.

Clinton shared a report

This was in response to a post by Clinton in which she shared a video report called 'Surviving Cecot,' produced by the US media outlet ProPublica for Frontline, in conjunction with Rebel Alliance Investigates, Fake News Hunters, and The Texas Tribune.

“Curious to learn more about Cecot? Listen to Juan, Andry, and Wilmer tell firsthand how the administration “Trump labeled them gang members without evidence and deported them to El Salvador’s brutal prison,” the former Democratic presidential candidate posted.

Bukele wrote that “we are willing to release our entire prison population (including all gang leaders and all those described as ‘political prisoners’) to any country willing to receive them.”

“The only condition is clear: it must be everyone,” the Central American president asserted.

Priority to Salvadoran Human Rights

“This would also be a great help to journalists and their favorite NGOs, who would then have thousands of former inmates available for interviews, making it much easier to find additional voices critical of the Salvadoran government (or willing to confirm the conclusions already expected),” Bukele pointed out.

He added that “without a doubt, if these testimonies reflect a systemic reality, a much larger set of sources would only reinforce the claim, and many governments should be eager to offer protection.”

“Until then,“We will continue to prioritize the human rights of the millions of Salvadorans who today live free from gang control,” the Salvadoran president concluded. These messages come amid controversy after the US program '60 Minutes' unexpectedly postponed a broadcast focused on the Cecot prison this past Sunday. Last March, the Trump administration deported more than 200 Venezuelans to El Salvador under the Foreign Enemies Act of 1798, despite a court order prohibiting it, and transferred them to the Cecot maximum-security mega-prison, accused of belonging to the Tren de Aragua criminal gang. It was later revealed that the US government agreed to pay El Salvador $4.76 million in exchange for receiving these individuals.