The revelation was contained in court filings Monday by lawyers for more than 100 migrants who are seeking to challenge their deportations to CECOT, El Salvador’s mega-prison.

Over 200 migrants who were sent to a Salvadoran prison under accusations they were gang members are the responsibility of the U.S., El Salvador officials told the U.N.

El Salvador’s Terrorism Confinement Center (CECOT) has gained attention after Donald Trump announced that alleged gang members deported from the US would be held there. The maximum-security ...

"El Salvador has confirmed what we and everyone else understood: it is the United States that controls what happens to the Venezuelans languishing at CECOT," said ACLU attorney Lee Gelernt.

In this photo provided by El Salvador's presidential press office, prison guards transfer deportees from the U.S., alleged to be Venezuelan gang members, to the Terrorism Confinement Center in ...

In this photo provided by El Salvador's presidential press office, prison guards transfer deportees from the U.S., alleged to be Venezuelan gang members, to the Terrorism Confinement Center in ...

Explore the imposing Centro de Confinamiento del Terrorismo (CECOT) in El Salvador with this exclusive footage, revealing the world's largest mega-prison built to house the country’s most ...