US deports over 200 Venezuelan immigrants to El Salvador despite court ban Alleged Tren de Aragua members sent to Latin American country amid legal and human rights concerns. Al Jazeera · Mar 16, 2025
Immigration Lawyer Warns: Avoid These Tattoos to Prevent Being Linked to Tren de Aragua Amid Trump Crackdown Political observers argue that the U.S. government may be labeling migrants as Tren de Aragua members based solely on their tattoos Latin Times · Mar 16, 2025
Marco Rubio Thanks El Salvador's President for Allowing Deported Alleged Gang Members Into Its Mega-Prison: 'A Great Friend of the US' The U.S. Secretary of State thanked El Salvadorian President Nayib Bukele for taking in more than 200 alleged gang members in its 40,000-inmate prison for the "low cost" of $6 million. Latin Times · Mar 16, 2025
El Salvador Takes in 238 Deported 'Tren de Aragua Members', Says U.S. Will Pay 'Very Low Fee' Amid mass deportation hurdles, Trump Administration leverages El Salvador's mega-Prison to ease domestic strain Latin Times · Mar 16, 2025
Inside the brutal mega-prison where Trump administration has wrongly sent Maryland father Inmates are denied access to visitors and recreation inside the maximum-security prison The Independent UK · Mar 16, 2025
US deports hundreds of Venezuelans to El Salvador, despite judge's order President Trump flouts judge's order and deports more than 250 Venezuelans, accused of being members of the Tren de Aragua criminal gang, to El Salvador. Euronews · Mar 16, 2025
US deports 250 alleged gang members to El Salvador despite court ruling to halt flights Trump invoked 1798 law previously used to detain Japanese Americans in second world war to justify deportations The Guardian - US · Mar 16, 2025
US Flies Alleged Gang Members To El Salvador Despite Court Block 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. International Business Times · Mar 16, 2025
Alien Enemies Act: what is it and can Trump use it to deport gang members? Using the 227-year-old law to argue the Venezuelan gang’s activities amount to an invasion is ‘unprecedented’, according to the Congressional Research Service The Guardian - AU · Mar 16, 2025
Trump administration briefing: Judge halts bid to use 18th-century wartime act for deportations District judge orders planes be turned around after Trump deploys obscure act against Venezuelans; strikes ordered on Houthis in Yemen – key US politics stories from Saturday at a glance The Guardian - AU · Mar 16, 2025
Trump Invokes Alien Enemies Act as Tool for Deportation - Federal Court Issues Temporary Restraining Order Against it [Updated] If courts allow Trump to get away with using the Act in peacetime, it would set a dangerous precedent. Reason · Mar 15, 2025
Trump May Soon Try to Use the Alien Enemies Act as a Tool for Deportation His apparent plan to do so is illegal and would set a dangerous precedent if allowed to stand. Reason · Mar 13, 2025
Homeland Security Arrests 14 in South Florida Under Laken Riley Act, Claims Several Belong to 'Tren de Aragua' Gang The law mandates the detention of non-U.S. nationals accused of violent crimes or theft Latin Times · Mar 11, 2025
What is Tren de Aragua? How the Venezuelan gang started − and why US policies may only make it stronger When the U.S. government deported 177 Venezuelans on Feb. 20, 2025, the Department of Homeland Security alleged that 80 of the deportees were members of the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua. The Conversation · Mar 3, 2025
The Independent UK · Mar 1, 2025 Trump administration strikes back at Eric Adams’ lawsuit over missing $80m as DoJ drops case against mayor Federal officials argue in court that New York has allowed violent gang to turn city hotel into outpost
Latin Times · Feb 28, 2025 Trump Likely Can't Use 'Alien Enemies' Act For Immigration Crackdown, Law Expert Says: 'Not Legitimate Or Appropriate' The Act was originally invoked in 1798 and granted the president broad powers to detain, relocate, or deport foreign nationals from hostile nations during wartime
The Independent UK · Feb 27, 2025 Chile seeks to extradite a suspect from the US over the killing of a Venezuelan dissident Prosecutors in Chile say the country will formally request that the United States extradite a Venezuelan man to stand trial for charges related to the abduction and killing of a Venezuelan ex-army officer and opposition figure last year in Chile
Latin Times · Feb 26, 2025 Deported Venezuelan Says Guantanamo Cell Was Filled With Cobwebs and Ants As President Donald Trump continues carrying out his mass deportation plans, more and more testimonies are coming out of the harsh conditions detainees experience at the newly opened detention center at Guantanamo Bay.
Latin Times · Feb 25, 2025 Guantanamo Inmates Describe Living In Shackles And Not Telling Days From Nights During Detention: 'We All Thought About Killing Ourselves' Almost a week after the Trump administration sent migrants from Guantanamo back to Venezuela, the deportees are describing their ordeals.
The Conversation · Feb 24, 2025 The murder rate in Venezuela has fallen − but both Trump and Maduro are wrong about why The body of former Venezuelan army officer Ronald Ojeda was found on Feb. 19, 2024, in a suitcase buried under 5 feet of concrete. Ojeda, accused by Venezuela of plotting against the government, had gone missing nine days earlier, when men dressed as police broke into his apartment in the…
Latin Times · Feb 21, 2025 Venezuela' Says Tren de Aragua Was Used By U.S. Agencies To 'Destabilize' The Country "The organized crime group was, back then, used by foreign agencies like the FBI and the DEA with terrorist and destabilizing purposes against Venezuela," the authoritarian government said
Top News · Feb 21, 2025 Venezuelan Immigrants Deported From Guantanamo To Caracas Deportation of nearly 200 Venezuelan immigrants from Guantanamo Bay to Venezuela raises concerns over transparency and legal rights.
Top News · Feb 20, 2025 US Deports Venezuelan Migrants From Guantanamo Bay To Honduras Deportation of over 170 Venezuelan migrants from Guantanamo Bay to Honduras, with plans for transfer to Venezuela. Alleged ties to Tren de Aragua gang.
Top News · Feb 20, 2025 US Designates Latin American Cartels As Foreign Terrorist Organizations U.S. government designates 8 Latin American crime groups as foreign terrorist organizations due to drug trafficking and violence.
Latin Times · Feb 20, 2025 MS-13, Tren de Aragua and 6 Mexican Cartels Officially Designated Terrorist Groups by US State Department: Here's What That Means The US has designated the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua, the violent MS-13 organization and six major Mexican cartels as foreign terrorist organizations.