El Salvador has formally asserted the U.S retains “legal responsibility” for detainees held in their megaprisons, ...

The government of El Salvador has formally asserted it is the U.S., not the Central American nation, that retains “legal responsibility” for Venezuelans held in one of their megaprisons, ...

El Salvador has formally stated that legal custody of over 130 Venezuelan migrants detained in its maximum-security prison ...

"No, we’re not calling it Alligator Alcatraz. It’s a Florida concentration camp," one prominent copy editor said.

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The government of El Salvador has acknowledged to United Nations investigators that the Trump administration maintains ...

Donald Trump’s administration has claimed publicly and in court that it has no legal authority over migrants it imprisoned in El Salvador.

Salvadoran officials have acknowledged that more than 130 Venezuelan migrants at a megaprison in El Salvador remain under U.S. responsibility, contradicting the Trump administration’s claims that it ...

Guards stand over prisoners at CECOT, or Centro de Confinamiento del Terrorismo (Center for Terrorism Confinement), El Salvador's mega prison in Tecoluca on Feb. 4, 2025.

- June 18, 2025 Guards stand over prisoners at CECOT, or Centro de Confinamiento del Terrorismo (Center for Terrorism Confinement), El Salvador’s mega prison in Tecoluca on Feb. 4, 2025.