Curaçao and El Salvador plan justice co-operation agreement

Curaçao and El Salvador plan to sign a declaration of intent on Friday to strengthen co-operation on justice and public security, including efforts against organised crime and cybercrime, Curaçao’s justice minister says.

The proposed agreement is notable because El Salvador’s president, Nayib Bukele, has faced international criticism over human rights violations, mass arrests and conditions in the country’s overcrowded mega-prisons, the Dutch news agency ANP reported.

Curaçao does not have its own foreign policy; that responsibility, together with defence, rests with the Netherlands. Justice Minister Shalten Hato said the declaration would offer “the possibility of co-operation in combating organised crime, migration management and the prevention of cybercrime”.