Homeland Security SEC SEC KRISTI NoEM to visit the notorious prison of El Salvador
The National Secretary of National Security Kristi Noem will visit the notorious terrorism confinement center of El Salvador, where hundreds of alleged illegal alien criminal criminals take place Trump Administration He deported them to the beginning of this month.
Noem will visit the prison With the Minister of Justice Salvadoran, Héctor Gustavo Villa, before meeting with the president of El Salvadoran Nayib Bukele, according to a national security declaration. Noem’s visit is part of a three -day trip that will also see his trip to Colombia and Mexico.
Bukele opened the prison in 2023 while El Salvador prepares a repression of the powerful street gangs that cause chaos in the country. The structure has eight attempted pavilions and can contain up to 40,000 prisoners. Up to 65 to 70 prisoners are packaged in each cell.
Prisoners are never authorized outside and cannot have visitors. There are no seminars or educational programs.
The National Secretary of National Security Kristi Noem visits the entrance port of Mariposa on March 15 in Nogales, Arizona. On Wednesday, Noem will visit the notorious confinement center of El Salvador’s terrorism, where hundreds of alleged criminal illegal aliens will be held after the Trump administration deported them at the beginning of this month. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
A high official of the Trump administration confirmed to Fox News this month that a total of 261 illegal aliens were deported to El Salvador on March 15th. Most of them were expelled through the Alien Enemies Act of 1798, which allows the expulsion of the natives and citizens of an enemy nation without hearing.
More than 100 of migrants were Venezuelans removed through title 8, while another 21 were members of the MS-13 Salvadoren band, added the official. Two were MS-13 heads of heads and “special cases” for El Salvador.
In this photo provided by the presidential printing office of El Salvador, the prison guards transfer the deportees from the United States who are presumed to be members of the Venezuelan band at the terrorism confinement center in Tecolauca, El Salvador, Sunday 16 March. (El Salvador presidential press office via AP)
The video released by the government of El Salvador after the arrival of the deportees showed men, chained by the hand and ankles, leaving the airplanes on an asphalt of the airport flanked by heavily armed officers in anti -Somamossa equipment.
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The men were subsequently shown in prison on their knees on the ground while their heads were shaved before they turned into the completely white uniform of the prison-pantaloncini on the knee, shirt, socks and rubber-and lines placed in cells.
A prison guard transfers the deportees from the United States to the terrorism confinement center in Teacoluca, El Salvador, Sunday 16 March. (El Salvador presidential press office via AP)
El Salvador operates under a state of emergency that suspends fundamental rights for almost three years while Bukele deals with street bands. About 84,000 people have been arrested so far, accused of group ties and imprisoned, often without a fair trial.
Bukele offered to keep US deported to prison when the United States Secretary of State Marco Rubio visited in February.
In a post on March 16 on Truth Social, president Donald Trump He wrote that the United States “will not forget” the partnership of bukele e thanked the leader For his “understanding of this horrible situation, which was allowed to happen to the United States due to incompetent democratic leadership”.
Adrea Margolis and Emma Colton of Fox News Digital, together with the Associated Press, contributed to this report.
