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Judge presses DOJ on El Salvador's claim that CECOT detainees are under US authority
The request from U.S. District Judge Stephanie Gallagher comes after the government of El Salvador, in a report by the United ...
Agence France-Presse on MSN14h
El Salvador says US has jurisdiction over detained migrants
El Salvador has said that the United States has legal jurisdiction over deported migrants being held in the Central American ...
EL PAÍS English3h
El Salvador says US has ‘jurisdiction and legal responsibility’ over migrants deported to its Cecot prison
In response to UN inquiries, Salvadoran authorities denied past US claims and stated that they have only facilitated the use ...
El Salvador: Detained migrants are responsibility of US
The government of El Salvador has formally asserted it is the U.S., not the Central American nation, that retains “legal responsibility” for Venezuelans held in a Salvadoran megaprison, ...
Judge overseeing Abrego case stunned after DOJ fails to answer simple questions
Throughout Monday’s hearing, lawyers for the administration repeatedly refused to provide answers to some very ...
El Salvador officials say deported migrants in notorious jail are Trump’s problem, not theirs
Salvadoran officials claim ‘legal responsibility’ lies with the US, contradicting statements from the Trump administration ...
Jurist16h
El Salvador officials claim US has exclusive jurisdiction over imprisoned deportees
In court documents filed on Monday, El Salvador officials stated that the US maintains exclusive control over deportees imprisoned at the Terrorism Confinement Center (CECOT) in El Salvador, ...
Anadolu Agency20h
El Salvador says US is responsible for migrants sent to mega-prison, disputing Trump administration claims
UN court filing says El Salvador’s assertion that US, not El Salvador, bears legal responsibility for more than 200 deported ...
Latin Times on MSN21h
El Salvador Contradicts Trump, Says U.S. Holds Legal Custody Of Deportees To Its Mega-Prison
El Salvador has formally stated that legal custody of over 130 Venezuelan migrants detained in its maximum-security prison ...
Judge demands answers from Trump administration after El Salvador says US still holds jurisdiction over deported migrants
Attorneys representing a group of detainees at CECOT filed a UN report in which El Salvador said the U.S. still has legal responsiblity for deported migrants.
Migrants deported from US to Salvadoran prison remain under US control, Salvadoran officials tell UN
The government of El Salvador has acknowledged to United Nations investigators that the Trump administration maintains control of the Venezuelan men who were deported from the U.S. to a notorious ...