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What to know about the El Salvador mega-prison where Trump sent deported Venezuelans

The US has sent hundreds of migrants to El Salvador to be held without trial in Cecot, a controversial prison known for its harsh conditions

The Guardian - AU

‘He is innocent’: family of deported Venezuelan rebukes Trump claims

Brother of Francisco Javier García Casique spotted him in a video showing scores of Venezuelan prisoners being taken to notorious El Salvador prison

The Guardian - US

How Trump's Alien Enemies Act Deportations Violate the Due Process Clause of the Fifth Amendment

The people deported are incarcerated in Salvadoran prisons without any due process whatsoever.

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Venezuelans Watch In Horror As Trump Sends Family To El Salvador

Mervin Yamarte's family in Venezuela thought the 29-year-old -- arrested by US authorities amid President Donald Trump's migrant crackdown -- would be put on a deportation flight home.

International Business Times

Mexico Sends 'MS-13' Ringleader Included in FBI Most Wanted List 'El Veterano' To U.S.

Javier Román Bardales was wanted by U.S. authorities for his alleged involvement in the direction of MS-13 activity in the U.S., Mexico and El Salvador. He has been extradited to the country

Latin Times

ICE Official Admits Many Venezuelan Deportees to El Salvador Had No Criminal Record But Calls Them 'Terrorists' Anyway

The administration has admitted that "many" Venezuelan deportees hold no criminal records in the U.S. but defended its decision to deport them anyway

Latin Times

Marco Rubio Threatens Maduro Regime with 'Severe and Escalating Sanctions' if it Refuses To Accept Venezuelan Deportees

The statement comes amid rising tensions between both countries, as the U.S. deported 238 Venezuelans with alleged ties to the "Tren de Aragua" gang to El Salvador on Saturday

Latin Times

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Legal showdown as Justice Department resists judge's demand for more details on deportation flights

The Justice Department is resisting a federal judge’s demand for more information about flights that took deportees to to El Salvador

The Independent UK

Trump administration says ‘many’ Venezuelans deported to El Salvador prison have no criminal record

ICE officials suggest a lack of information about immigrants summarily deported to the mega prison ‘highlights the risk they pose’

The Independent UK

Marco Rubio Reveals What Will Happen To Venezuelans Deported To El Salvador Who Turn Out To Not Be Gang Members

Some family members of Venezuela deportees claim their loved ones were deported due to having tattoos commonly used by Tren de Aragua gang members

Latin Times

Maduro Regime Vows to Do 'Whatever It Takes' to Free Venezuelans Deported to El Salvador: 'We Will Even Talk to the Devil'

The Venezuelan regime has pledged to take all possible measures to secure the return of over 200 Venezuelans deported by the United States to El Salvador

Latin Times

Trump waging ‘sickening’ psychological war, deported Venezuelan’s lawyer says

One detained man’s lawyer says he is gay artist who had fled persecution, not a gang member, as administration alleges

The Guardian - US

Families Of Venezuelan Deportees Deny Gang Ties Fearing For Their Fate At El Salvador's Infamous Mega-Prison

The Trump administration deported 300 Venezuelan migrants to El Salvador, taking them to a mega-prison system accused of violating inmates' human rights

Latin Times

US immigration flights set off terrified international searches for missing loved ones

Weekend flights by U.S. immigration authorities set off a frantic scramble among terrified families after hundreds of immigrants disappeared from the government's online locator for detainees

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The Independent UK

What happens if Trump continues to defy court orders?

Trump could be on a path to contempt of court or his own impeachment, legal experts tell Alex Woodward. But nobody knows where a ‘dangerous moment for democracy’ is headed

The Independent UK

The Trump administration accused him of being a gang member and deported him. His family says it’s all made up

Venezuelan barber Francisco Javier Garcia Casique sent to El Salvador mega-prison but has no ties to notorious Tren de Aragua criminal organization, his mother and brother insist

Reason

Trump Administration Likely Violated Court Order in Alien Enemies Act Case

They used the Act to deport some 137 Venezuelan migrants to El Salvador even after a federal court issued a temporary restraining order blocking such action.

Latin Times

Venezuelan Mother Says Her Son Was Sent to El Salvador as a 'Terrorist,' She Says He's Just a Barber

Families of Venezuelans sent to El Salvador dispute Trump administration's claims linking deportees to the Tren de Aragua gang based solely on tattoos.

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The Independent UK

A timeline of the legal wrangling and deportation flights after Trump invoked the Alien Enemies Act

An extraordinary legal showdown took place last weekend over President Donald Trump’s invocation of an 18th century wartime act to deport hundreds of immigrants to a prison in El Salvador

The Independent UK

‘Heckuva stretch’: Skeptical judge questions Trump’s defiance over deportation order

Trump administration attorneys stonewall federal judge as he grills them about deportation flights that he ordered not to leave

The Conversation

Beatings, overcrowding and food deprivation: US deportees face distressing human rights conditions in El Salvador’s mega-prison

El Salvador President Nayib Bukele framed his offer to house “dangerous American criminals” and “criminals from any country” as a win-win for all.

The Conversation

Trump is using the Alien Enemies Act to deport immigrants – but the 18th-century law has been invoked only during times of war

As President Donald Trump often promised during his 2024 presidential campaign, on March 15, 2025, he invoked an obscure 18th-century law called the Alien Enemies Act to justify deporting 137 Venezuelans he says are associated with a Venezuelan gang.

The Independent UK

ACLU asks judge to force Trump administration to say if it violated court order

Plaintiffs in a lawsuit over President Donald Trump's use of an 18th century wartime law are asking a federal judge to force the administration to state under oath whether it violated his court order temporarily barring deportations

Latin Times

'Closing Time' Artists Slam Trump Administration For Using Their Song in Video Mocking Deportees: 'They Have Missed The Point'

Alt-rock band Semisonic has responded harshly to the Trump administration using their hit song, 'Closing Time' in a video posted on X to mock deportees

Latin Times

Border Czar Defies Court Order Seeking To Stop Deportation Of Alleged Venezuelan Gang Members: "I Don't Care'

President Donald Trump's appointed "border czar" Tom Homan granted an interview to Fox News on Monday covering the deportation of over 200 Venezuelans to El Salvador.

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