The US Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, announced this Sunday that under the Law of Foreign Enemies invoked the eve was sent to about 250 people considered members of the Aragua Train to El Salvador, which the president of that country, Nayib Bukele, has offered to imprison.
Within the framework of that process, the Salvadoran leader had requested the sending of “two dangerous leaders” of the Mara Salvatrucha Central American Gang (MS-13) “and 21 of his most wanted to appear before justice in his country”, something that the head of US diplomacy said it has been fulfilled.
Rubio detailed in X that Bukele had offered to keep the accused of being members of the Aragua train “in their excellent prisons at a fair price”, which in his opinion “will also save money” to US taxpayers.
“Once again, President Bukele has shown that he is not only the strongest security leader in our region, but also a great friend of the United States,” the head of US diplomacy added in a statement.
Rubio considered that Donald Trump “is fulfilling the promises he made to the American people” and that the expulsion of “hundreds of violent criminals” would never have occurred under any other American president.
To accelerate deportations against Aragua train members, Trump decided this Saturday to apply the Law of Foreign Enemies, which dates back to 1798 and had not been invoked since World War II (1939-1945).
It is an authority that in times of war allows to stop or deport the citizens of an enemy nation without prior audience and, under it, all Venezuelans over 14 years of age who are considered to belong to that band, are in the US and are not naturalized or are permanent legal residents are subject to being detained, retained and expelled as foreign enemies.
Before his invocation, however, federal judge James Boasberg had preventively prohibited his application against deportation of five Venezuelans, and shortly after it extended his veto to cover all non -citizens in custody of the United States who would be subject to said regulations.
The magistrate detailed in his order, in force for 14 days or until again notice, that every plane with those people on board, that was going to take off or were in the air had to return to the United States.
The White House spokeswoman, Karoline Leavitt, recalled in a statement that the Aragua train had been declared by the United States as a foreign terrorist group in February.
“It is one of the most violent and ruthless terrorist bands on the planet. They violate, mutilate and murder for sport. He is responsible for some of the most atrocious crimes that occurred on American soil in recent years,” he said.
Leavitt stressed that it constitutes “a direct threat to national security” of the United States and considered that the arrest and deportation of those about 250 members, which she raised to almost 300, “has saved innumerable American lives.”