US Deports Hundreds of Alleged Venezuelan Gang Members to El Salvador: International Reaction Continues

More than 200 Venezuelans, allegedly linked to gangs, have been deported to a high-security prison in El Salvador, despite a court ruling ordering a temporary halt to the deportations.

Salvadoran President

Nayib Bukele

stated on social media that 238 individuals from the Venezuelan gang

Tren de Aragua

and 23 members of

MS-13

has reached the nation.

Neither the United States nor El Salvador have made public the identities of the detainees or offered proof supporting claims about their supposed ties to gangs.

A federal judge contended that the

Trump

The administration couldn’t use an 18th-century law to legitimize the deportations, yet the aircraft transporting the prisoners were already airborne.

Bukele

verified that the inmates have been moved to El Salvador’s Terrorist Detention Center, a high-security prison recognized for its rigorous environment.

(QG – Source: BBC – Image: © Unsplash)