U.S. military personnel escort alleged members of the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua and the MS-13 gang recently deported by the U.S. government to be imprisoned in the Terrorism Confinement Center (CECOT) prison, as part of an agreement with the Salvadoran government, in San Luis Talpa, El Salvador, on March 30, 2025. Secretaria de Prensa de la Presidencia/Handout via Reuters
A group of hundreds of Venezuelans, who were held in El Salvador’s maximum security megaprison before being returned to their home country, on Dec. 26 urged the U.S. government to comply with a recent court order and offer them due process in a U.S. court.
In March earlier this year, the group was shipped to El Salvador’s Terrorism Confinement Center (CECOT) after U.S. President Donald Trump invoked the 1798 Alien Enemy Act to deport criminal illegal immigrants who were classified as members of the violent Tren de Aragua gang.
