I sat down with the President of El Salvador, President Bukele had a one on one meeting with him. The results he has produced are extraordinary. We talked about that on Wednesday's podcast how El Salvador went from having the highest murder rate on planet Earth of 100 murders per 100,000 people to the murder rate plummeting 98%. Last year the murder rate was 1.9 murders per 100,000 people making it one of the safest countries on earth and indeed significantly safer than the United States. (00:41–00:57)
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Asserts that El Salvador's murder rate decreased by 98% from the highest rate globally.
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