{"id":24273,"date":"2025-03-17T19:50:41","date_gmt":"2025-03-17T19:50:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=24273"},"modified":"2025-03-17T19:50:41","modified_gmt":"2025-03-17T19:50:41","slug":"first-immigrants-from-america-arrive-in-worlds-worst-prison-after-trump-defies-judges-ruling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=24273","title":{"rendered":"First immigrants from America arrive in ‘world’s worst prison’ after Trump ‘defies judge’s ruling’"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Donald Trump was in high spirits on Sunday (16 March) after a plane touched down in El Salvador carrying suspected members of a Venezuelan gang.<\/p>\n

An order was passed by the\u00a0Trump<\/a>\u00a0administration to send 238 supposed\u00a0criminals<\/a>\u00a0to a mega-prison in El Salvador, despite a federal judge ruling against the order.<\/p>\n

However, this decision was made when the plane was already in international airspace, with the administration denying it had disobeyed anyone.<\/p>\n

Trump was able to deport the alleged members of Tren de Aragua due to an 18th century law which was intended for wartime, as the\u00a0US<\/a>\u00a0government claimed the country was facing an ‘invasion’ from a criminal organisation that had ties to kidnapping, contract killings and other organised crimes.<\/p>\n

The immigrants were swiftly taken to El Salvador’s maximum security Terrorism Confinement Centre (CECOT) after a deal was struck between Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Salvadoran President, Nayib Bukele.<\/p>\n

The facility, which was opened in 2023, is one of the largest prisons in the world which\u00a0currently houses tens of thousands of people<\/a>\u00a0accused of having gang affiliations.<\/p>\n

Bukele took to\u00a0social media<\/a>\u00a0to share pictures and videos of the inmates as they were handcuffed and herded off the plane to a highly-guarded convoy.<\/p>\n

He wrote that the ‘first 238 members of the Venezuelan criminal organisation’ had landed and that ‘the United States will pay a very low fee for them, but a high one for us.’<\/p>\n

Bukele added on Twitter: “As always, we continue advancing in the fight against organized crime. But this time, we are also helping our allies, making our prison system self-sustainable, and obtaining vital intelligence to make our country an even safer place. All in a single action.<\/p>\n

“May God bless El Salvador, and may God bless the United States.”<\/p>\n

The inmates’ heads were shaved by guards, as the presence of the alleged criminals in the US was blamed on\u00a0Joe Biden<\/a>\u00a0and the Democrats by Trump, who took to Truth Social to confirm the move.<\/p>\n

He wrote: “These are monsters sent into our Country by Crooked Joe Biden and the Radical Left Democrats. How dare they!”<\/p>\n

The 78-year-old went on: “Thank you to El Salvador, and in particular President Bukele, for your understanding of this horrible situation, which was allowed to happen to the United States because of Democrat leadership.<\/p>\n

“We will not forget.”<\/p>\n

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The Trump administration utilised a law from 1798 to deport the alleged criminals (El Salvador Presidency\/Handout\/Anadolu via Getty Images)<\/cite><\/div>\n

Trump denies any wrongdoing amid judge’s ruling<\/strong><\/h2>\n

The Trump administration denied that it violated a court order by deporting the Venezuelan immigrants, as White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt released a statement.<\/p>\n

She claimed that federal courts ‘have no jurisdiction’ over the president’s foreign affairs.<\/p>\n

The statement added: \u201cA single judge in a single city cannot direct the movements of an aircraft carrier full of foreign alien terrorists who were physically expelled from US soil.\u201d<\/p>\n

Rubio has since claimed in another statement that ‘hundreds of violent criminals were sent out of our country’, adding: “I want to express my sincere gratitude to President Nayib Bukele of El Salvador for playing a pivotal role in this transfer.”<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Trump has gone as far as claiming that the Tren de Aragua gang has ties to Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro.<\/p>\n

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Trump claims he did not disobey any court orders (El Salvador Presidency\/Handout\/Anadolu via Getty Images)<\/cite><\/div>\n

The president’s order means that any Venezuelan citizen that’s 14 or older within the US that’s determined to be a member of the gang can be ‘apprehended, restrained, secured, and removed as Alien Enemies.’<\/p>\n

He claims the gang has been involved in ‘mass illegal migration’ to the nation, aiming to cause harm to citizens.<\/p>\n

In defence of his order, the president stated: “Over the years, Venezuelan national and local authorities have ceded ever-greater control over their territories to transnational criminal organizations, including TdA.<\/p>\n

“The result is a hybrid criminal state that is perpetrating an invasion of and predatory incursion into the United States, and which poses a substantial danger to the United States.”<\/p>\n

‘A concrete and steel pit’<\/strong><\/h2>\n

As for the prison, CECOT is\u00a0known for its inhumane conditions<\/a>, as an overcrowded facility where violence is ever-present and inmates face harsh treatment, crammed in their cells.<\/p>\n

Food on offer is minimal, with items like beans and pasta available, while inmates are made to fight over food and water.<\/p>\n

Miguel Sarre, a former member of the United Nations Subcommittee for the Prevention of Torture, previously described the prison as a ‘concrete and steel pit’.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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