Venezuelans shaved, shackled, deported under Wartime Act by Trump | Photos
Updated On Mar 17, 2025 04:55 PM IST
- The United States deported over 200 alleged members of a Venezuelan gang to El Salvador after US president Donald Trump invoked wartime powers
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Salvadoran police officers escort alleged members of the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua recently deported by the U.S. government to be imprisoned in the Terrorism Confinement Center (CECOT) prison, as part of an agreement with the Salvadoran government, at the El Salvador International Airport in San Luis Talpa, El Salvador.(REUTERS)
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The White House, which has labelled Tren de Aragua a terrorist organisation, is preparing to transfer about 300 suspected members to detention in El Salvador. Donald Trump administration had agreed to pay El Salvador $6 million to imprison about 300 alleged members of the gang for one year.(REUTERS)
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The US government deported over deported over 200 Venezuelans to a sprawling prison in El Salvador. Another aircraft was headed for Honduras.(REUTERS)
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A sniper takes aim to Venezuelan deportees. The 1798 Alien Enemies Act has been invoked only three times in US history, deports people suspected to be illegal immigrants without an opportunity to be heard before an immigration or federal court judge.(REUTERS)
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A US federal judge's order blocking the Donald Trump administration's move to deport hundreds of alleged illegal immigrants failed to yield an immediate result as the verbal instruction to turn the planes around was not specified in a written order.(REUTERS)
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Arrival of alleged members of the Venezuelan criminal organization Tren de Aragua at the Terrorism Confinement Center (CECOT) in the city of Tecoluca, El Salvador. White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt asserted that the administration was not flouting court orders.(AFP)
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A Venezuelan deportee handcuffed at the Terrorism Confinement Center (CECOT). “A 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,” The White House said.(REUTERS)
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An alleged member of the Venezuelan criminal organization Tren de Aragua being shaved upon his arrival at the Terrorism Confinement Center (CECOT) in the city of Tecoluca, El Salvador.(AFP)
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Department of Justice, in its appeal of the judge's order halting the deportation of five Venezuelan men, said it would not use Trump's proclamation of the extraordinary act for further deportations if the court decision were not overturned.(REUTERS)
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A prison guard transfers deportees from the U.S., alleged to be Venezuelan gang members, to the Terrorism Confinement Center in Tecoluca, El Salvador, Sunday, March 16, 2025.(AP)
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Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele reacted to Boasberg’s ruling in a post on social media platform X. “Oopsie…Too late,” he wrote.(AP)
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Secretary of State Marco Rubio, who negotiated the deal with El Salvador, wrote on X, “We sent over 250 alien enemy members of Tren de Aragua, which El Salvador has agreed to hold in their very good jails at a fair price that will also save our taxpayer dollars.”(REUTERS)
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Alleged members of the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua recently deported by the U.S. government are processed to be imprisoned in the Terrorism Confinement Center (CECOT) prison, as part of an agreement with the Salvadoran government, in Tecoluca, El Salvador.(REUTERS)
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