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The Dirty Deal with El Salvador

On March 15, 2025, the Trump administration transferred at least 238 migrants, including 137 Venezuelans, to indefinite detention at El Salvador's CECOT prison under the Alien Enemies Act.
This transfer followed a proclamation invoking the Alien Enemies Act against the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua, though a judge recently found this act was improperly applied in this context.
The migrants’ rendition lacked due process, raised concerns about arbitrary detention, possible enforced disappearance, and risked violating U.S. Non-refoulement obligations given potential abuse in El Salvador.
Representative Joaquin Castro and ranking foreign affairs committee members have requested the legally required release of the cooperation agreement and related documents to clarify details of this arrangement.
The case implicates rule-of-law issues and executive oversight needs, with ongoing calls for depositions and testimony to determine U.S. Custody responsibility over the detainees rendered to CECOT.

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The Dirty Deal with El Salvador

What’s known about the agreement between the United States and El Salvador when it comes to CECOT prison, and why sworn testimony may be needed to fill in the gaps.

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Lawyers Ask President Nayib Bukele to Free Venezuelans Deported by the U.S. and Imprisoned in El Salvador · Global Voices

By Merlin Delcid, CNN en Español The lawyers hired by the Venezuelan government asked El Salvador's President Nayib Bukele on Monday to release the Venezuelans who were deported from the United States and who have been detained since March at the Center for Confining Terrorism (Cecot).They presented a letter in Casa Presidencial, in San Salvador, requesting Bukele's intervention so that Venezuelans can return to their families.The law firm assur…

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Independent Español

Lawyers of Venezuelans deported and imprisoned in El Salvador ask Bukele for a "life test"

A group of lawyers hired by the Venezuelan government asked Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele on Monday to intervene so that they can see and have a “life test” of Venezuelans deported by the United States and imprisoned in a maximum security prison in El Salvador since mid-March.

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Lawyers of Venezuelan prisoners in El Salvador denounce delay of justice - AlbertoNews - Journalism without censorship

Lawyers hired by the Venezuelan government denounced delays on the part of the justice system in El Salvador and the lack of responses from the authorities to their efforts in favor of 252 Venezuelan migrants imprisoned in this country, where they arrived expelled from the United States. AFP In delivering a letter addressed to President Nayib Bukele, Jaime Ortega's law firm said this Monday that it has not received "no notification" for habeas c…

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Lawyers of Venezuelan prisoners in El Salvador denounce delay of justice

Jaime Ortega's law firm representing relatives of 30 Venezuelans, but "extensively" works for 252, presented a letter addressed to the President of El Salvador, Nayib Bukele

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