PRESIDENT Donald Trump has vowed to send “terrorist thugs” attacking Teslas in an anti-Elon crime wave to El Salvador megaprisons.
Protestors have been targeting Tesla sites worldwide ever since Musk was appointed as the head of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) in the Trump administration.
Musk has slashed federal jobs and budgets in Trump’s first few months of his second term.
Fear and apprehension regarding DOGE’s intentions have led to a string of assaults on Tesla locations throughout the nation, such as damage to Tesla showrooms and charging stations.
But in a chilling attempt to stop the anti-Elon chaos, Trump has issued a warning to those looking to continue the Tesla attacks.
In a statement on his social networking site Truth Social, the Republican remarked, “I am eager to witness the perpetrators receive lengthy prison terms for their harmful actions against Elon Musk and Tesla.
“Perhaps they could serve them in the prisons of El Salvador, which have become so recently famous for such lovely conditions!”
El Salvador is renowned for its brutal jails, especially the Terrorism Confinement Center megaprison that houses some of the country’s most dangerous gangsters.
Incredible images show thousands of violent skinhead gangsters from the country’s main gangs, MS-13 and Barrio 18, crammed into an inescapable mega-prison.
Others show rows and rows of prisoners sitting with their hands behind their shaved heads at the high-tech prison.
Gang members are also stripped down to only white shorts and are seen running through the facility as prison officers armed with assault rifles guard the inmates.
Over the past few weeks, protestors have gathered at multiple Tesla locations as people carry signs and shout chants, lashing out at Musk for his role in the Trump administration.
The company is also facing dropping sales for the first time as Americans are boycotting the auto giant in what protestors are calling “Tesla takedowns.”
On Tuesday alone, at least five Tesla vehicles were damaged in a “targeted attack,” with two of the cars burnt to rubble and others shot at with guns, authorities said.
Cops found the cars at a Tesla Collision Center in Las Vegas, with the word ‘RESIST’ spray painted in capital letters on the facility’s doors.
Investifators have been desperately searching for the suspect, adding that the person approached the Tesla center wearing black clothing.
The FBI’s Joint Terrorism Task Force is looking into the case alongside the Las Vegas police.
But in a massive blow to Musk, the arson attacks have spread from the US to Europe.
Four motors were set ablaze in the Plänterwald and Steglitz areas of Berlin, Germany, last week.
The country has seen a number of anti-Musk protests following his endorsement of the far-right Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) party in the runup to February’s general election.
Most of these have targeted Tesla factories, and have included projecting an image of Musk making a controversial salute onto Tesla’s Gigafactory in Berlin in January.
The display was put up alongside the words “Heil Tesla”.
Despite the chaos, President Trump and Musk were seen outside the White House alongside a number of Teslas last Tuesday.
The open support from Trump comes as boycotts against Tesla have spread, with the electric carmaker’s sales plunging by 45 per cent in Europe.
In the face of the backlash, the he announced that day that he would buy a Tesla as “a show of confidence and support for Elon Musk, a truly great American.”
He said: “The attacks on Elon by the radical left are not just attacks on him, but on this incredible American company and the workers who make these spectacular cars,”
It is not illegal for consumers to boycott companies, as the Supreme Court in 1982 ruled that the First Amendment protects Americans’ rights to protest private businesses.
Inside El Salvador’s hellhole megaprisons
Exclusive by Annabel Bate, Foreign News Reporter
IN El Salvador, a single phone call can get you locked up and packed in an iron-barred cell with murderous gangsters.
The country has historically been torn apart by armed violence and over the last two years embarked on aggressive policies to lock up any suspected gang members for life.
Amnesty International’s Irene Cuellar spoke to The Sun about El Salvador’s state of emergency and the mass incarceration.
She said: “Right now, we have the highest incarceration rate in the country – in the world.
“In El Salvador, almost 2 per cent of its population are in jail.”
But Irene explained how among those captive are those who face life behind bars without any proof they were a part of a crime – due to anonymous tips.
She continued: “Most of them have not been found guilty. They are still under this legal status that is pre-trial detention.”
El Salvadorians may be fearing any enemies as being arrested and thrown in prison via “criminal association” has become a common practice.
n May 2022, President Nayib Bukele’s government set up a terrifying hotline so people could provide anonymous tips to “bring more terrorists to justice.”
The National Police investigate reports and use intelligence work to determine whether the person named is or has been a so-called “collaborator” of the two main gangs.
Civil organisations like Amnesty International have made claims that anonymous accusations have led to wrongful imprisonments.
This is even worse in poorer communities where gangs ran the areas.
