The Trump administration deports more than 200 alleged members of Tren de Aragua and MS-13 to El Salvador, citing the Alien Enemies Act. Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele says they will be transferred to the Terrorism Confinement Center for at least a year. The previous day, a judge had ordered the Trump administration to stop deportations using this law. 2025-03-16
U.S. President Donald Trump says Tren de Aragua is "conducting irregular warfare" against the US and orders its members to be deported under the Alien Enemies Act of 1798. Following a legal challenge from the American Civil Liberties Union, U.S. District Judge James Boasberg temporarily blocks this order. 2025-03-15
Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele offers U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio the option to send convicted "dangerous American criminals" to be incarcerated at the Terrorism Confinement Center in Tecoluca, El Salvador, in exchange for a fee. 2025-02-3
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken announces that the department has included five judges of the Supreme Court of El Salvador as well as the Attorney General of Guatemala María Consuelo Porras in a list of "undemocratic and corrupt" officials. 2021-09-20