Pope Leo openly criticised Trump administration’s anti-immigration stance Pope Leo has repeatedly criticised both Donald Trump and JD Vance for their anti-immigration stances The Independent UK · May 9, 2025
Top Trump GOP allies speak out against plan to send citizens to overseas prisons: ‘I doubt that would hold up’ Multiple Trump allies in the Senate expressed doubt over the constitutionality of Trump sending US citizens to foreign prisons The Independent UK · May 6, 2025
Does Nayib Bukele’s campaign against democracy give a blueprint for Trump? El Salvador’s populist leader extols a hardline approach to crime and an assault on civil society – drawing envy from many in the Trump administration The Guardian - US · May 6, 2025
El Salvador president orders arrest of of bus company heads for defying free transport order El Salvador President Nayib Bukele has ordered police via social media to arrest five heads of bus companies in the Central American country after they defied his order to offer free transport for a week due to a highway closure The Independent UK · May 5, 2025
Another Country Embraces El Salvador's Hardline Approach To Crime With New Mega-Prison Costa Rica plans to expand its maximum-security capacity from 80 to 1,000 inmates and begin construction of a $35 million prison inspired by El Salvador's model. Latin Times · May 5, 2025
Trump's War on Foreign Films Plus: Alcatraz reopening, Bukele corruption scandal, assisted suicide, and more... Reason · May 5, 2025
Trump orders reopening and expansion of notorious Alcatraz prison The former federal penitentiary is located on a remote San Francisco island and closed in 1963 The Independent UK · May 5, 2025
Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s wrongful deportation case is more about individual rights than the Trump administration’s foreign policy Trump administration officials have repeatedly claimed that judges who order the administration to take action to bring deported Venezuelans back from the El Salvador prison where the U.S. sent them are meddling in the conduct of foreign policy. The Conversation · May 3, 2025
Gang Leader Reveals Deal With Salvadoran President Bukele To Help Him Gain Power A gang leader revealed to a Salvadoran outlet the agreements reached with President Nayib Bukele to help propel him to power and keep him there Latin Times · May 2, 2025
Miller can't get plan past Trump judge The Trump administration's invocation of the Alien Enemies Act is finally falling apart Salon · May 2, 2025
First Thing: US and Ukraine sign minerals deal Trump says agreement gives Washington an incentive to continue to invest in Ukraine’s protection. Plus, unraveling the ancient psychedelics myth The Guardian - UK · May 1, 2025
Trump officials contacted El Salvador president about Kilmar Ábrego García, sources say Administration in touch with Nayib Bukele over detention of wrongly deported man, according to two people The Guardian - US · Apr 30, 2025
US diplomat Marco Rubio will not provide info to judge about deported man The Trump administration remains defiant despite a judge’s order to ‘facilitate’ return of Kilmar Abrego Garcia. Al Jazeera · Apr 30, 2025
Even El Salvador’s president questioned Trump team on if migrants being sent were actually gang members: report El Salvador’s Nayib Bukele privately ‘expressed concern’ about who the Trump administration sent to El Salvador’s Terrorism Confinement Center, according to the report The Independent UK · Apr 30, 2025
Latin Times · Apr 30, 2025 El Salvador Reportedly Offered The U.S. a 50% Discount On Prisoner Fees In Exchange For Deporting MS-13 Members The Salvadoran government reportedly offered the Trump administration a 50% discount on the fee it charges to hold U.S. deportees in exchange for finding and deporting nine MS-13 members
Latin Times · Apr 30, 2025 Marco Rubio Refuses To Say If Trump Admin Has Sought To Bring Back Abrego Garcia: 'You Know Who Else I'll Never Tell? A Juge' Secretary of State Marco Rubio refused to say whether the Trump administration has made a formal request to bring back Kilmar Abrego Garcia from El Salvador
The Independent UK · Apr 30, 2025 Trump says he could free Abrego Garcia, but won’t – contradicting claims made by his cabinet President confirms he has the authority to return the wrongly deported father to the United States but says he will not
Latin Times · Apr 30, 2025 Trump Admitting He 'Could' Bring Back Abrego Garcia May Undermine His Administration's Legal Strategy President Donald Trump said in an interview he "could" bring back Kilmar Abrego Garcia from El Salvador. The claim goes against what the White House has said in court
Al Jazeera · Apr 30, 2025 Does Abrego Garcia have ‘MS-13’ tattooed on his knuckles, as Trump claims? US president has insisted tattoos prove MS-13 ties, but experts and photos contradict the claim in Abrego Garcia’s case.
The Guardian - US · Apr 30, 2025 The El Salvador mega-prison at the dark heart of Trump immigration crackdown Cecot, a secretive 40,000-capacity facility built to house alleged gang members, ‘is meant for permanent exile, permanent punishment’
Latin Times · Apr 29, 2025 Kerry Kennedy Claims Salvadoran Police Prevented Her From Meeting With Deported Clients U.S. lawyer Kerry Kennedy said Salvadoran authorities prevented her from meeting with Venezuelan deportees she represents. Later, a prominent human rights organization said its offices were raided
The Guardian - US · Apr 29, 2025 The uniting theme of Trump’s presidency? Ineptitude From deportations to human rights to the economy, the president’s actions have resulted in mayhem. Here’s a sampling
The Guardian - US · Apr 27, 2025 Trump disdains conservatism. His governing philosophy is absolute power The president’s clashes with the judiciary over immigration have launched a constitutional crisis. We’re headed toward a collision
The Independent UK · Apr 26, 2025 Trump administration blocked plan to retrieve Abrego Garcia from El Salvador: Report Only a few days after government attorneys had discussed how to keep Abrego Garcia safe until he could be returned, the White House press secretary claimed he was an MS-13 leader guilty of human trafficking
International Business Times · Apr 25, 2025 Venezuela Accuses El Salvador President Of 'Human Trafficking' Venezuela's attorney general accused Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele of "human trafficking" and suggested he face international justice for accepting cash to jail deportees from the United States.