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US Flies Alleged Gang Members To El Salvador Despite Court Block

The Salvadoran presidency released photos of the alleged Venezuelan gang members being processed at a maximum-security prison (Credit: AFP)

The United States flew over 200 alleged members of a Venezuelan gang to be imprisoned in El Salvador, President Nayib Bukele said Sunday, after US counterpart Donald Trump invoked wartime legislation to expel the migrants.

The deportations took place despite a US federal judge granting a temporary suspension of the expulsions order, apparently as planes were already headed to El Salvador.

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