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El Salvador receives more than 250 criminals from the Tren de Aragua and Mara Salvatruucha deported from the USA

The President of El Salvador, Nayib Bukeleannounced that 238 members of the Venezuelan criminal organization tren de Aragua enter the country that was sent by the United States to be imprisoned in a prison with maximum security.

The criminals were immediately transferred to the Terrorist Haftzentrum (CECOT), where they have a first restriction of one year, which was determined by the Salvadoranian government.

Bukele shared a video on his social media about the arrival of criminals in the Salvadorical area and emphasized that this action reinforced the security strategy that its administration has advertised in recent years.

The information was confirmed by the US Foreign Minister, Marco RubioThe specified that, together with the members of the Tren de Aragua, two dangerous leaders of the Mara Salvatrotaa (MS-13) and 21 of their most wanted members were deported.

“This will help us gather intelligence and follow the last remains of MS-13, including the previous and new members, money, weapons, drugs, hiding places, collaborators and sponsors,” said Bukele.

Rubio was in his part for the collaboration of El Salvador and explained that this agreement would enable American taxpayers to save resources.

This action takes place one day after the president Donald Trump referred to the alien enemy from 1798 to accelerate the mass deportation.

According to the executive regulation signed by Trump, the Aragua train acts as a terrorist organization with the complicity of the regime of Nicolás MaduroA direct threat to the security of the United States.

The tren de Aragua, founded in the Venezuelan prison in Tocorón in 2014, is associated with murders, kidnappings, thefts, drug trafficking, prostitution, extortion and human trafficking. After the portal InfoThe expansion has reached countries such as Colombia, Chile, Peru and the United States.

In February the Trump administration described this organization as A global threat and an important actor in the transnational crime.

Bukele emphasized that El Salvador would receive a payment for custody of these criminals and assured that his government will continue the security strategy that has dramatically reduced the violent rates in the country.

“We continue to make progress in the fight against organized crimes. But this time we also help our allies and collect important intelligence to make our country an even safer place,” concluded the president.