Agreed. I’d also add that, while it would be acceptable at least for someone in the US Administration to simply state that El Salvador’s administration did refuse to release Garcia (instead of, for example, demanding that such evidence can only come from Bukele himself), this hasn’t actually happened. No one will even go on the record as saying that they tried asking, or were aware of efforts to make this ask.
Agreed. I’d also add that, while it would be acceptable at least for someone in the US Administration to simply state that El Salvador’s administration did refuse to release Garcia (instead of, for example, demanding that such evidence can only come from Bukele himself), this hasn’t actually happened. No one will even go on the record as saying that they tried asking, or were aware of efforts to make this ask.