Removal of Salvadoran judges, prosecutor unconstitutional, U.S. special envoy says


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  • Thursday, 13 May 2021

Ricardo Zuniga, U.S. President Joe Biden's special envoy for the Northern Triangle, speaks with the media after a TV interview in San Salvador, El Salvador May 12, 2021. REUTERS/Jose Cabezas

SAN SALVADOR (Reuters) - The U.S. special envoy for Central America met El Salvador's president, Nayib Bukele, during a visit to reiterate that Washington considers the recent removal of top judges and the attorney general to be unconstitutional.

Ricardo Zuniga, the special envoy for Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador, said he had a "cordial meeting" with Bukele on Tuesday after seeing senior congressional lawmakers.

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