Alleged Venezuelan gang members deported by U.S. arrive in El Salvador

A flight carrying 238 alleged members of a Venezuelan gang deported from the U.S. arrived to El Salvador where they were taken to a high-security prison, video released by the government of El Salvador on Sunday (March 16) showed and as announced by President Nayib Bukele. U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday (March 14) invoked the 1798 Alien Enemies Act to rapidly deport alleged members of Tren de Aragua, a criminal organization that has been linked to kidnapping, extortion, organized crime and contract killings. A day later, a federal judge in Washington, D.C., blocked the application of the law for 14 days. The alleged gang members were transferred to the Terrorism Confinement Center - a mega-prison that can hold up to 40,000 inmates - for a one-year period that could be renewed. Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro's government said it rejected the use of the "anachronistic" U.S. law to deport alleged gang members, saying it violated migrants' rights. Both Bukele and Rubio said the U.S. had also sent 23 members of the Salvadoran gang MS-13 to El Salvador. (Production: Rodolfo Pena Roja, Nina Lopez)