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Trump has custody over jailed CECOT migrants, El Salvador says, complicating court fights
The report undercuts months of assertions by senior Trump officials, who have repeatedly claimed they have no power to compel ...
Judge presses DOJ on El Salvador's claim that CECOT detainees are under US authority
The request from U.S. District Judge Stephanie Gallagher comes after the government of El Salvador, in a report by the United ...
Kilmar Abrego Garcia was beaten, tortured in El Salvador prison, court filing says
A new federal court filing says Kilmar Abrego Garcia experienced "severe beatings" and "psychological torture" in a supermax ...
El Salvador: Detained migrants are responsibility of US
The government of El Salvador has formally asserted it is the U.S., not the Central American nation, that retains “legal ...
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Inside El Salvador's notorious CECOT mega-prison, which could soon house deportees from the U.S.
Inside El Salvador's notorious CECOT mega-prison 03:46. San Salvador — It takes about 90 minutes to drive from El Salvador's capital, San Salvador, to the most notorious prison in ...
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What to know about CECOT, El Salvador's mega-prison for gang members
What is the CECOT? Bukele ordered the mega-prison built as he began his campaign against El Salvador's gangs in March 2022. It opened a year later in the town of Tecoluca, about 72 kilometers ...
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Maryland's Abrego Garcia is in CECOT prison. Here's a look inside. - USA TODAY
El Salvador’s infamous CECOT prison is a maximum-security facility built to hold the country’s worst criminals in eight buildings across a space equal to seven football stadiums. The Center ...
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El Salvador president releases shocking jail footage of father deported to 'world's worst prison' following abuse claims
The president of El Salvador has released footage of Kilmar Abrego Garcia at the country's maximum security terrorism ...