Bukele's party won the country's legislative elections and gained a two-thirds majority in its Parliament. He wasted little time in securing power: In May of 2021, his party voted to remove the country's attorney general, who was investigating Bukele's party for corruption and clandestine negotiations with gangs, and all five judges on the Constitutional Court. All were replaced with Bukele allies.
An open letter issued at the time from 100 Latin American civil society organizations warned that "the illegitimate capture of judicial authorities connected to political power and the consequent disappearance of the principle of separation of powers are a dangerous precedent for democracy in the hemisphere."
This warning proved prescient..
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