Tonight, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio is halfway through a tour of Central America that does not include Belize.
But, the Secretary of State Marco Rubio stop in Salvador worked out well for the superpower.
According to the BBC, "El Salvador has offered to take in criminals deported from the US, including those with US citizenship, and house them in its mega-jail.
The deal was announced after US Secretary of State Marco Rubio met Salvadorean President Nayib Bukele during his visit to the Central American nation.
Bukele....said he had offered the US "the opportunity to outsource part of its prison system".
Rubio said the US was "profoundly grateful" to Bukele, adding that "no country's ever made an offer of friendship such as this".
Rubio told reporters: "He has offered to house in his jails dangerous American criminals in custody in our country, including those with US citizenship and legal residency."
In other news of regional note, the United States has frozen its financial contributions to a United Nations fund for a multinational security support mission in Haiti, a move that would stop $13.3 million in pending aid.
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