SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) - The Trump administration said Friday it was in talks with El Salvador to revive an agreement that could allow the United States to send non-Salvadoran migrants to the Central American country.
Trump administration in talks to send Venezuelan gang members to El Salvador prisons
SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) - The Trump administration said Friday it was in talks with El Salvador to revive an agreement that could allow the United States to send non-Salvadoran migrants to the Central American country.
This time, though, the government would also aim to send members of the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua to Salvadoran prisons, said Mauricio Claver-Carone, the State Department's special envoy for Latin America, in a call with media outlets.
It comes after a harsh crackdown on the country’s gangs by El Salvador President Nayib Bukele. Bukele suspended key constitutional rights in 2022 and arrested 84,000 people, more than 1% of the country's population. The majority of them remain in prison without being sentenced.
Bukele's government did not immediately respond to a request for comment from The Associated Press.