Episode
Frontline: The Deal: Trump, Bukele & the Gangs of El Salvador
Overview
An examination of Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele’s deal with President Trump to imprison U.S. deportees, and what each leader stood to gain. FRONTLINE and the Salvadoran news outlet El Faro, now operating in exile, investigate Bukele’s tangled history with the gangs the U.S. says it is fighting.
Details
- Series
- Frontline
- Season
- Season 45
- Episode
- Episode 3
- Air date
- 2026-04-07
- Runtime
- 54 min
Episode context
The Deal: Trump, Bukele & the Gangs of El Salvador is Episode 3 in Season 45 of Frontline. It aired on 2026-04-07. The runtime is 54 min.
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