El Salvador’s authoritarian President Nayib Bukele is visiting the White House today. On Sunday, Secretary of State Marco Rubio said 10 more people were removed to El Salvador, claiming they were gang members. Nearly 300 people who were flown out of the U.S. since mid-March are now believed to be detained at the notorious CECOT mega-prison. Most of them are Venezuelan nationals, many of whom were removed simply on the basis of having tattoos, despite experts asserting this is not a sign of membership in the Tren de Aragua gang. On Saturday, the State Department told a judge that Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a Maryland father who was abducted to CECOT prison as an “administrative error,” is alive and still detained in El Salvador. A judge last week ordered the Trump administration to return him home to Maryland.
Trump Hosts El Salvador’s Bukele at White House Amid Uproar over U.S. Transfers to CECOT
HeadlineApr 14, 2025
