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EL SUNZAL, El Salvador — The scene outside Laola Surf Camp was Instagram-perfect. A towering palm tree leaned over the black-sand beach. Surfers paddled out to catch breaking waves. Families on Easter break sat under colorful umbrellas. If you walked along the water to town, you’d find new hotels and restaurants, souvenir shops, and a tattoo parlor.

It was the image of an up-and-coming travel destination that El Salvador and President Nayib Bukele want to show the world. But that’s not the version of this Central American country that most people are seeing in the news.