ReutersThe Trump Administration has deported 17 More Alleged Gang Members to El Salvador, The US State Department Said Monday, despite legal battles Over Removing People’s Central American Country’s SuperMax Prison.
In A Statement The US Secretary of State Marco Rubio Said The Deportees included Members of the Tren de Aragua and MS-13 Gangs.
Salvadoran Officials Told The BBC That There was a Mix of Venezuelans and Salvadorans in the Group.
Earlier this month A Court Ordered Halt To Carried Out The Alien Enemies Act, A 1798 Law That has a Previously Previously Geen Used in Wartime. It is unclear What Law was Used to Deport 17 People.
In A Statement, Rubio Said The Group included “Murderers and rapists” But Provide Names Or Details of the Alleged Crimes OR Of Any Convictions.
In a post, El Salvador President Nayib Bukele Shared a dramatically edited video Being Loaded off a Plane and Into Prison Cells.
“All Individuals Are Confirmed Murderers And High-Profile Offenders, Including Six Child Rapists,” He wrote, Again Wirtant Providing Names Or Details of the Alleged Crimes. “This Operation Is Another Step In The Fight Against Terrorism and Organized Crime.”
El Salvador has agreed to take in deportees in Exchange for $ 6m (£ 4.62m).
Family Members of Those Those Who Were Previously Sent To The Maximum Security Prison Have Denied That Those Those Ties.
After the Alien Enemies Act to Remove 100 Venezuelans from the US Earlier this month, Groups including the American Civil Liberties Union Challenge Allegal The Administration Denied The Immigrant Denied.
In A Hearing On 15 March, James Boasberg, The Top Federal Judge, Imposed A Tempored Restraining Order on The Use of the Law and Ordered Deportation Flights That turned Around.
However, the Deportations Continued. The Next Hearing In The Case Will Be Held on Thursday.
With Reporting by Will Grant
