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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Tim Sullivan

The frenzied 24 hours when Venezuelan migrants in the US were shipped to an El Salvador prison

El Salvador US Noem - (Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.)

It was just a few sentences in a meandering, hourlong presidential speech on a Friday afternoon.

Along with talk about falling egg prices and a vow to expel “corrupt forces” from the U.S. government, President Donald Trump noted that hundreds of members of the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua had been arrested.

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