WASHINGTON: The Trump administration deported more alleged Venezuelan and MS-13 gang members to El Salvador over the weekend, sending 17 more people it says were foreign criminals, the US state department said on Monday.
The group of alleged violent criminals tied to Tren de Aragua and MS-13 was transported by the US military on Sunday night, US secretary of state Marco Rubio said in a statement, adding that the deportees included murderers and rapists.
El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele said in a post on X that all deportees were “confirmed murderers and high-profile offenders, including six child rapists.”