El Salvador President Nayib Bukele joined the annual National Prayer Breakfast in Washington, D.C., on Thursday, warning attendees that violent gang members in his country have a documented history of worshiping Satan. (Alex Pena/Anadolu via Getty Images)
He warned the body of bipartisan lawmakers and business leaders: "Some of those gangs are here in the United States."
Bukele has previously warned that El Salvador’s security forces found alleged MS-13-linked "satanic" altars and ritual materials during raids.
Bukele is a Trump ally who struck a deal with the U.S. government in 2025 to accept hundreds of Venezuelan gang members who were illegally living in the United States into El Salvador's notoriously no-nonsense, high-security prison.
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Bukele said crime has cratered in his country after snuffing out violent gang syndicates with prison time and law-and-order policies.
The National Prayer Breakfast was held at the U.S. Capitol on Feb. 5, 2026. (Anna Rose Layden/Getty Images)
President Donald Trump also addressed the prayer breakfast, reflecting on the administration's mission to protect religious liberty.
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"They declared that all of us are made free and equal by the hand of our creator," Trump said of the Founding Fathers. "A lot of presidents refuse to say that. … Some major politicians refuse to say the word God. They don't want to say it. I say it, that we are endowed with our sacred rights to life, liberty, and not by government, but by God Almighty himself."
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