The US has flown more than 250 accused migrant gang members to El Salvador — where they will be sent to one of the world’s most notorious mega-prisons.

President Trump had been preparing this week to speed up the process by invoking a war-time authority to deport the criminal ...

The United States flew over 200 alleged members of a Venezuelan gang to be imprisoned in El Salvador, President Nayib Bukele ...

Salvadoran president Nayib Bukele made an unprecedented and controversial offer: to incarcerate U.S. citizens in El ...

The harsh conditions of El Salvador’s Confinement Center for Terrorism, a mega-prison opened in 2023, are currently reserved for thousands of gang members who terrorized the country for decades.

After a meeting between Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele in San Salvador Monday, Rubio announced that the mega prison could begin accepting inmates from the US.

"We are willing to take in only convicted criminals (including convicted U.S. citizens) into our mega-prison (CECOT) in exchange for a fee." Bukele added that the fee would be "relatively low ...

The United States is set to pay El Salvador $6 million to imprison 300 alleged members of the Venezuelan Tren de Aragua gang that it deports to the Central American country, for one year, the ...

Is there space? There is now." Even before his announcement with Rubio, Bukele had planned to put more people in prison. Bukele ordered the mega-prison built as he began his campaign against El ...

Is there space? There is now.” Even before his announcement with Rubio, Bukele had planned to put more people in prison. Bukele ordered the mega-prison built as he began his campaign against El ...