### [2025-03-16](/feed/2025/03/16/index.md)

##### El Salvador–United States relations
# 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. 




### Sources:

1. [BBC](https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cp9yv1gnzyvo)
2. [NPR](https://www.npr.org/2025/03/16/g-s1-54154/alien-enemies-el-salvador-trump)

### Changes:

1. The Trump administration says it has deported more than 200 alleged members of Tren de Aragua and MS-13 to El Salvador citing the Alien Enemies Act. El Salvador's President Nayib Bukele says they will be transferred to the Terrorism Confinement Center.  _2025-03-16 19:26:47 (First version)_
2. The Trump administration deports more than 200 alleged members of Tren de Aragua and MS-13 to El Salvador citing the Alien Enemies Act. El Salvador's 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.  _2025-03-17 07:26:50 (Update)_
2. 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.  _(Current version)_

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1. [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. ](/feed/2025/02/3/salvadoran-president-nayib-bukele-offers-us-secretary-of-state-marco-rubio-the-option-to-send-convicted-dangerous-ame.md) _Context: El Salvador, El Salvador–United States relations, Nayib Bukele, Salvadoran President, Terrorism Confinement Center_
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7. [El Salvador becomes the first country to accept Bitcoin as legal tender, after the Legislative Assembly votes 62–22 to pass a bill submitted by President Nayib Bukele classifying the cryptocurrency as such. ](/feed/2021/06/9/el-salvador-becomes-the-first-country-to-accept-bitcoin-as-legal-tender-after-the-legislative-assembly-votes-62-22-to-p.md) _Context: El Salvador, Nayib Bukele, Salvadoran President_
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