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As The U.S. Reportedly Considers El Salvador's Proposal To Hold Migrant Criminals, Experts Analyze Whether It's Legal

Bukele offered to house violent U.S. and migrant criminals in his prison system, in "extraordinary" gesture. But experts doubt the move would hold up in court.

Latin Times · Feb 7, 2025

Parole Agent Lures Transgender Woman Out of Her Home Where ICE Agents Were Waiting to Arrest Her: Report

ICE agents arrested a transgender woman in California who had served time for murder after a parole agent lured her outside, raising concerns over deceptive tactics and the dangers she faces if deported to El Salvador.

Latin Times · Feb 6, 2025

Guatemala To Accept Deportees From US, Increase Flights

Guatemala and El Salvador agree to accept U.S. deportees, with increased flights and border security measures. Rubio's diplomatic trip addresses immigratio...

ICE Detains El Salvador Man Wanted For Sex Crimes

ICE detains Francisco Javier Melendez Torres in Philadelphia for sex crimes in El Salvador, emphasizing the importance of immigration enforcement.

El Salvador Offers To House U.S. Criminals

El Salvador offers to house U.S. criminals to ease prison system burden, sparking legal concerns.

Trump Backs Jailing Americans In El Salvador If Has 'Legal Right

El Salvador's President Nayib Bukele, who has carried out a sweeping crackdown on crime, offered the use of a maximum-security prison, Latin America's largest, when he met Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Monday.

Latin Times · Feb 5, 2025

Trump would be ‘very happy’ to send ‘homegrowns’ to El Salvador’s prisons. It’s ‘incredibly illegal’

Immigration law experts and constitutional scholars are warning against the president’s threat to exile citizens in foreign jails

The Independent UK · Feb 4, 2025

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El Salvador wants to detain deportees, including U.S. citizens, in notorious 'tropical gulag' terror prison

Facility has been accused of inhumane conditions, torture, and arbitrary detention

The Independent UK · Feb 4, 2025

El Salvador’s offer to take in US deportees and violent criminals is unlike any other migrant deal

El Salvador has offered to take in people deported from the U.S. for entering the country illegally as well as the country’s violent criminals — even if they’re American citizens

The Independent UK · Feb 4, 2025

Trump Backs Jailing Americans In El Salvador If Has 'Legal Right'

President Donald Trump on Tuesday backed an offer by El Salvador to take in prisoners -- including US citizens -- despite clear legal problems with such an outsourcing under American law.

International Business Times · Feb 4, 2025

Trump administration says it has begun deporting migrants to Guantánamo Bay

Press secretary says at least two deportation flights to Cuban base of undocumented immigrants ‘under way’

The Guardian - US · Feb 4, 2025

What to know about El Salvador's mega-prison after Trump deal to send people there

The Trump administration and the president of El Salvador said they struck a deal allowing the U.S. to ship detained migrants and imprisoned criminals to a mega-prison there

The Independent UK · Feb 4, 2025

Soldiers from El Salvador join U.N.-backed mission in Haiti to combat gang violence

Seventy soldiers from El Salvador arrived in Haiti on Tuesday to support a U.N.-backed mission led by Kenyan police to help fight gangs that killed thousands of people last year and control much of the capital

The Independent UK · Feb 4, 2025

El Salvador offers to hold deportees and incarcerated US citizens in its jails

Human rights groups alarmed as Marco Rubio, US secretary of state, meets with Nayib Bukele during overseas trip

The Guardian - US · Feb 4, 2025

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Secretary Of State Rubio Focuses On Immigration In Costa Rica

Secretary of State Rubio addresses immigration, USAID changes, and El Salvador's offer to host U.S. deportees.

Reason · Feb 4, 2025

El Salvador Offers To House Violent U.S. Criminals and Deportees

Yet its penitentiary centers are already running at over 300 percent capacity.

Latin Times · Feb 4, 2025

Inside El Salvador's 'Mega-Prison' Where The Trump Administration Could Send Convicted Criminals

Salvadorean President Nayib Bukele said his administration is willing to take in "only convicted criminals" in exchange for a fee

The Independent UK · Feb 4, 2025

El Salvador’s president agrees to take U.S. prison inmates after meeting with Marco Rubio

Nayib Bukele offered to house ‘dangerous American criminals’ and outsource part of the U.S.’s prison system for a ‘relatively low’ fee

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Al Jazeera · Feb 4, 2025

El Salvador offers to jail US convicts in ‘unprecedented’ proposal

President Bukele’s proposal includes imprisoning US criminals in El Salvador’s largest prison for a fee.

International Business Times · Feb 4, 2025

Rubio Secures Unprecedented Deal With El Salvador To House Criminals Deported From US

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio confirmed that the deal includes an offer from Bukele to house dangerous criminals who are American citizens or legal residents, within Salvadoran prisons.

Reason · Feb 3, 2025

El Salvador Walks Back Its Bitcoin Law

But it's also investing more in the cryptocurrency.

The Guardian - US · Feb 2, 2025

Exonerated environmental defenders to face murder retrial in El Salvador

Critics decry ‘politically motivated’ decision to revisit civil war-era charges against leaders of anti-mining campaign

US Secretary Of State To Discuss Deportation Of Gang Members

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio to meet with Salvadorean President Nayib Bukele to discuss potential deportation of Tren de Aragua gang members to El Sal...

Latin Times · Jan 30, 2025

Trump Seeking Deal With El Salvador To Send Tren de Aragua Gang Members To Its Prisons

Secretary of State Marco Rubio is planning on discussing the matter during his visit to the country in the coming days

International Business Times · Jan 30, 2025

El Salvador Merchants No Longer Obliged To Accept Bitcoin

Merchants in El Salvador, the first country to make bitcoin legal tender, will no longer be obliged to accept the cryptocurrency as payment, under a reform adopted to comply with conditions for an international loan.

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