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(NewsNation) — A radical of 17 suspected criminals and Venezuelan pack members was flown to El Salvador connected Sunday nighttime successful what Secretary of State Marco Rubio characterized Monday arsenic a palmy counterterrorism operation.
Rubio wrote connected X that the U.S. subject transferred a radical of convulsive criminals from the Tren de Aragua and MS-13 organizations, including murderers and rapists from the United States.
The station said that President Donald Trump designated Tren de Aragua and MS-13 as overseas violent organizations “in bid to support the American radical safe.”
“These criminals volition nary longer terrorize our communities and citizens,” Rubio wrote.
A station on X by El Salvador President Nayib Bukele included video of subject members escorting the 17 immigrants disconnected of a U.S. Air Force level and being transported to an El Salvador prison.
A White House authoritative confirmed to NewsNation connected Monday that the 17 immigrants were deported wrong regular migration law. All of them had last orders of removal and deportation orders, the authoritative said.
Fox News published the names of the 17 people successful a societal media station Monday. The database included the reported transgression histories of the immigrants, 7 of which a White House authoritative told Fox News were members of Tren de Aragua.
The station said that the 17 immigrants were antecedently being held astatine Guantanamo Bay.
Others included connected the database included Salvadorian nationals that the White House authoritative told the web were convicted of superior crimes, including rape, homicide and intersexual battle of a minor, the station said.
"Every day, America becomes safer, acknowledgment to the enactment of President Trump," White House property caput Karoline Leavitt said successful a connection provided to Fox News. "If you're an amerciable violent oregon transgression - the Trump medication is coming for you."
Rubio’s societal media station extended acknowledgment to Bukele and the El Salvador authorities for their “unparalleled concern successful making our countries harmless against transnational transgression and terrorism.”
The deportations travel conscionable days aft the Department of Defense asked the U.S. Supreme Court to intervene successful overturning a U.S. territory tribunal judge’s ruling to temporarily artifact deportations of Venezuelan nationals who were deported nether the Alien Enemies Act of 1798.
Last week, Judge James Boasberg paused the scheduled flights, saying that the detainees merit a proceeding successful which they program to contradict that they are pack members.
Boasberg is besides seeking much details astir 2 flights connected March 15 to determine if the administration defied his oral and written orders to artifact the flights. A sheet of appellate tribunal judges past ruled successful a 2-1 determination upholding a erstwhile bid that temporarily blocks the deportations of the migrants.
Boasberg antecedently ordered planeloads of Venezuelan detainees to instrumentality to the United States aft they had taken off. That did not instrumentality place, however, and since then, Boasberg has asked the medication for further details astir the timing of the plane’s departures. Administration officials person refused, claiming “state concealed privilege” successful declining to supply the justice with much specifics.
Meanwhile, the Supreme Court has asked attorneys for the 5 Venezuelans who are challenging the administration’s efforts to invoke the Alien Enemies Act to respond to the Justice Department by Tuesday morning.
NewsNation has besides learned that Boasberg has acceptable a proceeding for Thursday day to analyse whether the Trump medication violated his erstwhile tribunal bid that bans deportation of the Alien Enemies Act.
