Nayib Bukele, the president of El Salvador, achieved what seemed impossible: he took one of the most dangerous countries in the world and turned it into the second safest country in the Americas. According to Bukele, it is unacceptable that powerful countries like Mexico, Colombia, and Brazil have entire areas of their territories and cities controlled by drug cartels. For Bukele, there is only one explanation for this: the cartels are operating within the governments of these countries.