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News Articles: MS-13

In this handout photo provided by the Salvadoran government, guards escort a newly admitted inmate inside a cell at CECOT on March 16, 2025 in Tecoluca, El Salvador.

Trump administration admits Maryland man sent to El Salvador prison by mistake

This latest case, in which lawyers argue their client had no proven links to MS-13, adds to the growing judicial and public scrutiny about the deportations to El Salvador's notorious mega-prison.

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  • Ximena Bustillo
President Trump invoked the Alien Enemies Act against alleged members of the Tren de Aragua gang and called for their immediate detention and removal from the United States. The deportation of more than 250 people over the weekend has been challenged in court.

Judge seeks sworn declaration from Justice Department in deportation case

At issue was whether planeloads of alleged members of the Tren de Aragua gang were deported despite the judge's order to turn the planes around.

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  • NPR Washington Desk
About 250 suspected gang members arrive in El Salvador by plane in this photo from Sunday, including 238 members of Venezuela's Tren de Aragua gang and 23 members of the MS-13 gang, who were deported to El Salvador by the U.S.. El Salvador's President Nayib Bukele confirmed they will be sent to the country's mega-prison CECOT, the Terrorism Confinement Center.

U.S. deports hundreds of Venezuelans to El Salvador, despite court order

It was not clear if the deportations happened before a D.C. federal judge ordered the administration to stop using wartime powers to deport anyone immediately, and turn around any planes in the air.

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  • Luke Garrett
Edita Maldonado hosts a weekly radio program that tries to reunite migrants who disappeared on the dangerous trek north with their loved ones back in Progreso, Honduras.

Why People Are Fleeing Honduras For The U.S.: 'All That's Left Here Is Misery'

Hunger, violence and catastrophic flooding are leading more families to flee the Honduras for the southern U.S. border than any other country. At least 200 families a day are asking for asylum.

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  • John Burnett