In the United States, the debate over Kilmar Abrego’s wrongful deportation to El Salvador isn’t about President Nayib Bukele, or even about the Terrorism Confinement Center (CECOT). It’s about President Donald Trump and his assault on democracy and...
Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker, a Democrat, announced Wednesday that he’ll direct several state agencies to review their ties to El Salvador in the wake of what his office said was “aiding the Trump administration’s unlawful and unconstitutional actions.” “The United...
A federal judge in Maryland has ordered the Trump administration to facilitate the return of a 20-year-old Venezuelan man deported to El Salvador, whose removal violated a previous court settlement, according to an order issued on Wednesday. U.S. District Judge...
Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele lambasted his Venezuelan counterpart, Nicolás Maduro, on Tuesday (Apr. 22, 2025) for rejecting his proposal to exchange migrants deported from the United States and imprisoned in El Salvador for “political prisoners.”...
Arguing that they are not criminals, family members of Venezuelan migrants deported from the United States to a megaprison in El Salvador on Tuesday rejected the prisoner exchange proposal made by Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele to the Nicolás Maduro regime. On...
El Salvador’s president proposed on Sunday repatriating Venezuelan detainees sent to his country from the United States in exchange for the release of prisoners by Venezuela, including key figures in the Venezuelan opposition. “I want to propose a humanitarian...
