{"id":182526,"date":"2026-11-12T11:24:08","date_gmt":"2026-11-12T10:24:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/frihetsnytt.se\/?p=182526"},"modified":"2026-11-14T22:37:54","modified_gmt":"2026-11-14T21:37:54","slug":"bukele-stat-som-inte-stoppar-brott-ar-medskyldig","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/frihetsnytt.se\/en\/a-government-that-fails-to-stop-crime-is-complicit\/","title":{"rendered":"Bukele: A government that fails to stop crime is complicit"},"content":{"rendered":"<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>El Salvador\u2019s President Nayib Bukele has become known for his uncompromising stance against gang crime. Now, a statement is circulating in which he claims that states that fail to crack down on crime themselves bear the responsibility\u2014and are, in effect, complicit.<\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The President of El Salvador <strong>Nayib Bukele<\/strong> has once again come down hard on countries that fail to tackle crime. In a widely circulated statement, he says:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>\u201dThere is no state that cannot defeat criminals. If a state does not defeat crime, it is because the state is complicit.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The statement has gone viral, including on X, where it has been shared thousands of times. During his time in office, Bukele has carried out an extensive campaign against gang violence in El Salvador, with mass arrests and tough measures that have significantly reduced the country\u2019s homicide rate. His approach has been both praised and criticized internationally.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Commentators have linked this statement to the situation in other countries where crime rates remain high despite political promises. Bukele\u2019s message is clear: the lack of results is not because the problem is impossible to solve, but because of a lack of will or outright complicity on the part of the government.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-x wp-block-embed-x\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Nayib Bukele: \u201cThere is no state that cannot defeat criminals. If a state does not defeat crime, it is because the state is complicit.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/nayibbukele?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@nayibbukele<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/BhszXiqnCb\">pic.twitter.com\/BhszXiqnCb<\/a><\/p>\u2014 \u211d\ud835\udd56\ud835\udd65\ud835\udd66\ud835\udd63\ud835\udd5f \ud835\udd60\ud835\udd57 \u211d\ud835\udd60\ud835\udd5e\ud835\udd56 (@return_of_rome) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/return_of_rome\/status\/2120226902438768780?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 10, 2026<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bukele Points the Finger at Countries That Fail: If the State Doesn't Crush Crime, It Is Itself Complicit<\/p>","protected":false},"author":2017,"featured_media":86590,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[207,205],"tags":[584,3400],"class_list":["post-182526","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-utrikes","category-nyheter","tag-brottslighet","tag-nayib-bukele"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/frihetsnytt.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/182526","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/frihetsnytt.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/frihetsnytt.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/frihetsnytt.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2017"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/frihetsnytt.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=182526"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/frihetsnytt.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/182526\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":182661,"href":"https:\/\/frihetsnytt.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/182526\/revisions\/182661"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/frihetsnytt.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/86590"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/frihetsnytt.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=182526"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/frihetsnytt.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=182526"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/frihetsnytt.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=182526"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}