On Sunday, Secretary of State Marco Rubio revealed that the United States had sent a group of ten gang affiliates to El Salvador Saturday night. These individuals belong to the infamous MS-13 gang, which has its roots in the U.S., and Tren de Aragua, which is primarily based in Venezuela. Rubio emphasized the partnership between President Trump and President Nayib Bukele as a model for improving security and fostering prosperity across the region.
According to a message from Gustavo Villatoro, El Salvador's justice minister, the gang members were transported from Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, where several detainees have been held at the U.S. naval facility. Villatoro shared a video featuring the deportees being escorted from a military aircraft, eventually leading them to the Terrorism Confinement Center (CECOT), a facility designated for housing serious offenders.
11 Comments
Pupsik
This is just kicking the can down the road! Sending gang members back to their home countries doesn't solve the root problem of gangs like MS-13 and Tren de Aragua. It's a political stunt.
Marishka
Rubio is talking about 'improving security'? This just shifts the problem. These guys will likely be more dangerous in El Salvador, and they probably won't face proper due process.
Pupsik
CECOT? A 'Terrorism Confinement Center'? Sounds like a black hole of human rights abuses. We're complicit in whatever happens to those individuals.
Marishka
Focusing on the 'infamous' nature of the gang is just fear-mongering. What are their charges? What evidence is there to justify this deportation?
Pupsik
It's easy to send them off to risk their lives back home. But what about their victims? Are they getting any justice? Or their own safety.
Habibi
Are these deportations legal? Are they violating any international treaties? Surely someone is doing their homework on this...
ZmeeLove
This move doesn't address the issue of MS-13's and Tren de Aragua's international operations. It misses the bigger picture of cross-border crime.
Africa
Sending these people to El Salvador? With the abysmal human rights record there? This is a recipe for disaster! We're abandoning people to potential torture and violence.
Bermudez
This is a political win for Rubio, but a devastating loss for the individuals involved and potentially for the stability of El Salvador itself.
Muchacho
Glad to see the US working with El Salvador to tackle this problem. Bukele knows how to deal with these thugs.
Coccinella
They took the risk. These are criminals and have their own fate to deal with now.