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Nayib Bukele

Arcs in the news about Nayib Bukele from the outlets we track, each followed from its first story to its last, with who covered it.

Person · 30 stories · 196 articles · earliest story we hold Feb 1, 2024

Right nowactive arcs, newest development first

Nothing ongoing. The last arc went quiet Aug 18.

All arcs1 named arc in 2026

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Kilmar Abrego García's wrongful deportation and prosecution

4 of 53 stories this year · 3 about Nayib Bukele · gone quiet

Federal judge rules Kilmar Abrego Garcia can’t be re-detained by immigration authorities · 18 articles, Feb 17Kilmar Abrego Garcia asks US judge in Tennessee to dismiss his criminal case, saying it's vindictive · 15 articles, Feb 26Judge dismisses criminal charges against Kilmar Abrego Garcia, who was mistakenly deported · 46 articles, May 22DOJ pushes to revive charges · 23 articles, Aug 18

Coverage over timeindependent sources per week, by side, every year we hold

202475 articles2025477 articles202635 articles

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Jan 29, 202446123
Feb 5, 202468834
Feb 19, 20241305
May 27, 20240216
Feb 3, 20251010555
Mar 10, 202535212
Mar 17, 2025816558
Mar 24, 202527632
Apr 7, 20250101
Apr 14, 202517349187
Apr 21, 202536327
May 5, 20252215
Jun 30, 202589442
Jul 14, 20252215
Jul 21, 20251237
Jul 28, 202551213
Apr 20, 20261001
Jul 13, 20260208
Sep 7, 2026411025
Sep 28, 20261001

Stories before June 28, 2026 come from archived pages, so who covered them is limited to the outlets we recovered for that period.

Everything else2 stories in 2026 not part of any arc, newest first

Stories about Nayib Bukele that are not part of any arc yet

  1. Jul 14El Salvador’s ruling party clears the way for Bukele’s 3rd term8 articles · 8 independent sources
    0 left, 2 center, 0 right

Stories that name Nayib Bukele

  1. Sep 9– 10Temporary protections for about 200,000 Salvadoran immigrants are in limbo as deadline nears25 articles · 23 independent sources
    4 left, 11 center, 0 right
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