Will other countries follow El Salvador's lead on tackling crime? — Transcript
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- 0:01>> Tucker: SOME PEOPLE ARE
- 0:02GETTING MURDERED THAT’S NOT GOOD
- 0:03QUESTION WHAT WE THINK IT IS AND
- 0:05WE ARE HONORED TO JOIN RIGHT NOW
- 0:08BY THE PRESIDENT OF EL SALVADOR
- 0:09MR. PRESIDENT THANKS MUCH FOR
- 0:12COMING ON.
- 0:13IT SOUNDS TO ME LIKE YOU REDUCED
- 0:15TO MYRTLE RATE TO EL SALVADOR
- 0:17AND A PRETTY STRAIGHTFORWARD WAY
- 0:19I WONDER WHY OTHER HEADS OF
- 0:21STATE ON CALLING YOU FOR ADVICE
- 0:21ON HOW TO DO IT IN THEIR
- 0:24COUNTRIES?
- 0:24>> THANK YOU TUCKER FOR HAVING
- 0:26ME.
- 0:27I’M GLAD TO BE HERE.
- 0:30I KNOW, EVERY COUNTRY HAS HER
- 0:32OWN PROBLEMS.
- 0:33I WOULD GUESS THAT PROBABLY OUR
- 0:35APPROACH IS VERY, VERY POPULAR
- 0:38WITH THE PEOPLE HAS A PROBLEM
- 0:39AND THE PROBLEM IS THAT IT HAS
- 0:42COMMON SENSE.
- 0:43I SAY IT’S A PROBLEM BECAUSE
- 0:46USUALLY THE NEW WAVE OF
- 0:48GOVERNANCE IS TAKEN AWAY COMMON
- 0:49SENSE AND YOU START TO THINK THE
- 0:51OTHER WAY AROUND.
- 0:52THE WEIGHT OF COURSE YOU SHOULD
- 0:54DO THEM.
- 0:56>> Tucker: SO, IT SEEMS LIKE
- 0:59WHEN YOU BECAME PRESIDENT IN
- 1:022019 YOU FOCUS VERY SPECIFICALLY
- 1:05ON CRIME, GANGS, MURDER.
- 1:06IS THAT CORRECT?
- 1:07AND WHY DID YOU DO THAT?
- 1:09WHY THAT ISSUE?
- 1:11>> YOU’RE FOCUSING ON OTHER
- 1:14ISSUES, EDUCATION, HEALTH,
- 1:15INVESTMENT AND TOURISM.
- 1:16INFRASTRUCTURE, ET CETERA.
- 1:18OF COURSE CRIME IS THE MOST
- 1:21IMPORTANT THING.
- 1:22YOU MIGHT ENJOY YOUR ROAD OR
- 1:24BEACH, THAT IS IF YOU ARE ALIVE.
- 1:26OF COURSE THE MOST IMPORTANT
- 1:28THING’S THAT’S WHAT WE FOCUSED
- 1:30ON CRIME MORE.
- 1:31OF COURSE WE FOCUS ON ALL THE
- 1:35OTHER ISSUES AS WELL.
- 1:36>> Tucker: C WILL THREATEN TO
- 1:37CUT OFF FOOD TO GANG MEMBERS IN
- 1:39PRISON IF THEY DON’T STOP THE
- 1:42KILLINGS ON THE OUTSIDE, DO YOU
- 1:44THINK THAT THEY ARE DIRECTING
- 1:45THOSE KILLINGS?
- 1:46THEY ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THEM
- 1:48AND DO YOU THINK WILL WORK?
- 1:50>> THEY WERE ORDERING THE
- 1:51KILLINGS FROM THE PRISONS.
- 1:52IF YOU SEE MOST OF THE PRISONS
- 1:56IN LATIN AMERICA ARE LIKE
- 1:58HEADQUARTERS FOR CRIME. IT WILL BE THERE, THEY HAVE
- 2:01IT WILL BE THERE, THEY HAVE
- 2:05PHONES, ACCESS, COMPUTERS, YOU
- 2:10CAN FIND IT EVERYWHERE IN
- 2:15AMERICA FIND ALL THOSE EXAMPLES.
- 2:17EL SALVADOR IS IMPOSSIBLE.
- 2:21YOU CAN COMMUNICATE INTERNET
- 2:23ACCESS IS BLOCKED.
- 2:27IT’S IMPOSSIBLE.
- 2:28BUT STILL, ALL OF THESE GANG
- 2:29MEMBERS ARE THE BOSSES OF THE
- 2:32OTHER GANG MEMBERS OUTSIDE.
- 2:34SO OF COURSE GANG MEMBERS
- 2:37OUTSIDE SENT A FEW WE WON’T LIKE
- 2:41IF YOU DO SUMMING TO THE BOSSES
- 2:43INSIDE THE PRISON.
- 2:44SO ONE OF THE THINGS WE DID WAS
- 2:47WE THREATENED GANG MEMBERS
- 2:48OUTSIDE WILL TAKE RETALIATION
- 2:49WITH THE PEOPLE INSIDE.
- 2:51THEY CONTINUE THE KILLINGS.
- 2:54OF INNOCENT PEOPLE.
- 2:56EL SALVADOR ACTUALLY SO WE WILL
- 2:58NOT KNOW THIS BECAUSE
- 2:59EL SALVADOR WAS ACTUALLY THE
- 3:02MYRTLE CAPITAL OF THE WORD.
- 3:04THERE WERE MORE MURDERS IN
- 3:05AFGHANISTAN, SYRIA, YOU NEED IT.
- 3:08EL SALVADOR WAS THE WORST OR THE
- 3:10MOST DANGEROUS PLACE TO LIVE IT
- 3:12WAS THE MURDER CAPITAL OF THE
- 3:14WORLD.
- 3:14AND NOW WE ARE ON OUR WAY TO
- 3:17BEING THE SAFEST COUNTRY IN THE
- 3:20WHOLE AMERICAN CONTINENT.
- 3:21>> Tucker: IT’S AMID AN
- 3:22AMAZING STORY AND I HOPE THAT
- 3:25MAYORS OF OUR CITIES WILL CALL
- 3:26HER CALL YOU FOR ADVICE ON HOW
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