On the night of Saturday, March 15, three planes touched down in El Salvador, carrying 261 men deported from the United States. A few dozen were Salvadoran, but most of the men were Venezuelans the Trump Administration had designated as gang members and deported,

U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem on Wednesday visited the high-security El Salvador prison where Venezuelans who the Trump administration alleges are gang members have been held since their removal from the United States.

Frengel Reyes Mota was supposed to be dealing with his ongoing asylum case as he fought for his chance to stay in the United States. Suddenly, he instead found himself locked up in a mega prison thousands of miles away.

Three years ago, Nayib Bukele, the president-cum-dictator of El Salvador, had a message for American lawmakers: “OK boomers … You have 0 jurisdiction on a sovereign and independent nation. We are not your colony, your back yard or your front yard.” But since then, it seems he’s had a change of heart.

Families and lawyers fear for the deportees who may face indefinite detention in a prison known for human rights abuses.

Relatives and attorneys seek answers about the men sent to the high-security prison as the Venezuelan government calls for their return.

The Venezuelan government has since publicly condemned the detention of its citizens in El Salvador and issued a travel warning to those in the United States and those planning to travel abroad. “We are calling on the international community to stay ...

A law firm on Monday presented a habeas corpus lawsuit to El Salvador's Supreme Court in defense of 30 Venezuelan citizens jailed in the Central American nation's so-called mega-prison after being deported there by the United States.