Judge hearing arguments over fate of CECOT detainees

Inside One Venezuelan’s Last-Minute Escape From a Flight to CECOT

The way attorney Jamie Diez describes it, visiting the El Valle Detention Center was usually straightforward. After making the 50-minute drive from Brownsville…

Judge hears arguments over fate of CECOT detainees

Nearly two months after more than 200 alleged Venezuelan gang members were sent to a Salvadoran prison, a judge heard arguments Wednesday over what happens next.

Judge hearing arguments over fate of CECOT detainees

Nearly two months after more than 200 alleged Venezuelan gang members were sent to a Salvadoran prison, a judge is hearing arguments over what happens next.

Federal judge says 72 hours notice needed before moving detained Venezuelan man

Prison officers stand guard at a cell block at maximum security penitentiary CECOT on April 4, 2025, in Tecoluca, San Vicente, El Salvador. (Photo by Alex Peña/Getty Images)A 1798 law is the foundation of the Trump’s administration’s recent deportations of Venezuelan nationals suspected of gang membership. But on Wednesday afternoon, it was over a 21st-century technology that a federal judge decided to lengthen the timespan needed for the feds t…