The Trump administration is trading decency and democracy for cruelty and spectacle. Our protectors will pay for it

The term 'counter terrorism' has traditionally been used in the Pentagon to classify operations that target militants in places like Iraq, Afghanistan and Syria.

The U.S. military conducted a counter-terrorism mission with El Salvador, largely focusing on deporting alleged criminals. A group of Venezuelan and MS-13 gang members was transported to El Salvador.

Attorneys say alleged Venezuelan gang members were deported Sunday to El Salvador's notorious CECOT prison despite a court order prohibiting such deportations.

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem has visited the high-security El Salvador prison where Venezuelans who the Trump administration alleges are members of the Venezuelan Tren de Aragua gang have been held since their removal from the U.

Bukele’s notorious maximum-security facilities has become a cornerstone of the U.S. president’s deportation strategy.

The Trump administration acknowledged late Monday that it mistakenly deported a Salvadoran man protected from removal, sending him to a facility in El Salvador where they argue they are unable to secure his return.

Two days later, he was on a plane heading to El Salvador's most notorious prison. The Trump administration deported Echavez and 237 countrymen labeled as Venezuelan gang members - with no chance to contest the allegations in court.