US invokes wartime Alien Enemies Act to deport Venezuelan gang members

Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Sunday that the United States has removed hundreds of alleged members of the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua using now-blocked authority from the 1798 Alien Enemies Act.
Rubio in a statement said hundreds of violent criminals were sent out of the country.
In a post on X, El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele said that 238 alleged members of the Venezuelan gang had arrived in the country and were immediately transferred to a terrorism confinement centre for a one-year period that could be renewed.
According to him, the US had also sent back 23 members of the Salvadoran gang MS-13, including two high-ranking members.
Recall that President Donald Trump on Friday invoked the wartime Alien Enemies Act to rapidly deport alleged members of Tren de Aragua, a criminal organization that has been linked to kidnapping, extortion, organized crime and contract killings.
A federal judge on Saturday blocked the application of the law for 14 days, saying that the statute refers to hostile acts perpetrated by another country that are commensurate to war.
US invokes wartime Alien Enemies Act to deport Venezuelan gang members